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Word: spin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...endings anymore, or even in endings. Maybe, after Bakker and Hart and Iranamuck, people are too cynical to care who gets the girl. But it is good to know that craftsmen like Brooks can create compelling, pertinent folks like Jane, Aaron and Tom. Can we hope that they will spin off into their own high sitcom? That would give us something, at least, to look forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Season Of Flash And Greed | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

Both leaders put a positive spin on a summit that produced no breakthroughs but Gorbachev also attacked the president's stand on nuclear testing and chemical weapons and took a hard line on Jewish emigration. But the two sides committed themselves to another summit, sometime in the first half of next year, in Moscow, and pronounced this one a success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan, Gorbachev End Talks | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

Executing a 360 is not an easy task. You have to make a complete spin in the air, and shoot the ball before hitting the ground. Not many of us mortals can do it, much less make...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: A 360-Degree | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

Facing a looser press, Barros scored nine points--including an amazing 360-degree spin-in-the-air jumpshot that few watchers will forget--to lead a 23-10 Eagle scoring run to close out the half with...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: B.C. Blasts M. Cagers, 121-80 | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

...producers of children's shows reply that the programs are entertaining without the toys and that merchandising tie-ins are hardly new. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club was conceived in part to help promote Disneyland, and even critically acclaimed shows like Sesame Street have toy spin-offs. Nor, say industry spokesmen, does a hit show necessarily mean a stream of kids lining up at the toy counter. NBC's The Smurfs, for example, is one of Saturday morning's top-rated children's shows, but the like-named toys have not been big sellers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Zapping Back at Children's | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

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