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Word: solidities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ROLL, reads a sign by the cash register of the original shop, and that may be an understatement. The cinnamon buns cost $1.25 each, and the top Kansas City shop grossed $50,000 in March. All the bakeries follow much the same routine, offering the rolls as the only solid food, along with coffee, tea and soft drinks. As each one is purchased, it gets a lacing of a thick, viscous white icing, unless the customer protests. At Cinnamon Sam's in Kansas City and Cinnamon Kitchen in Tampa, the buns can be "personalized" with a choice of toppings, such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: The Sweet Smell of Success | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...course, there are balancing sins. Some of the more conservative characters seem awfully stiff beyond their years, such as the former radical-gone-establishment lawyer McComas (Jamie Mclnnes) and, to a lesser extent, the authoress' husband Mr. Crampton (Richard Listerud). But theirs are mostly minor errors in otherwise fairly solid performances, allowing them to play the straight man to the ridiculousness around them...

Author: By Tom Doyle, | Title: You Guessed It | 4/18/1986 | See Source »

...Judges' fifth inning rally proved only a little more solid. A walk and a single placed runners on first and second, and a Sutton balk placed runners on second and third...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Crimson Batsmen Get Sloppy Conviction | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

Third-baseman Jamieson, in his first weekend of varsity intercollegiate competition, succeeded on all five chances at the hot corner. Freshman Rich Renninger also contributed with solid defense, stretching and digging throws out of the dirt...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Batsmen Break Even | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...appreciate being able to chat with women and hear female voices, and the atmosphere is more relaxed and so safer," he says. What the women appreciate is earning up to $19,000 for six months' work, which permits them to hold other jobs at home, to spend solid time with families or simply to vacation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Gulf: a Robust Cuisine | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

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