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Word: squirts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Landmark itself can make a reader feel beaned, but on a good day, amid its political ravings, and there are plenty of those, all conservative, it can lift the spirits, make you pause to hear the birds. Take, for example, "My Dog Squirt Is Home," the tale of a beagle hound that had been missing five months, only to turn up again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Carolina: Beware of Falling Cows | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...sofa in his white-walled living room in Washington, Mondale talked about the pressures of being out front. He looked youthful in a green turtleneck shirt, faded jeans and blue running shoes. His wife Joan was in the kitchen making lunch. A couple of cats, Kitty and Squirt, crawled on and off his lap. He was asked about the recurring theme that he lacked the 33 strength of leadership to stand up to pressure groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mondale: I Am Ready Now | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

Gunther Grass: Another squirt Grass turned 52 on Saturday Besides, he wrote a book called The Flounder...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: The Alfred Stakes | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

...deceive Bucharest with a bit of cloak, if not dagger. For the benefit of secret-police comrades who had been sent to watch him, Haiducu followed through on an elaborate plan to kill Goma. During a cocktail party he used a specially made fountain pen to squirt a toxic chemical into the writer's drink. But a French agent " accidentally" jostled Goma's arm, spilling the poison. Since Haiducu could not fail on his second mission, the attack on Tanase had to be even more convincing. This time French operatives played the part of hired thugs and faked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Espionage: Rumanian Sting | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...palliative measure that diverts attention from the University's other dealings in South Africa, which are far larger in both monetary terms and real effects. Using a few Harvard scholarships to cure the South African problem is like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt...

Author: By Paul Jefferson, | Title: Boycott Biko | 5/5/1981 | See Source »

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