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Word: staggeringly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...smorgasbord of sight and sound that is 1000 Airplanes on the Roof will leave your senses reeling; your psyche will stagger about, striving to bring sanity to bear against a sensual overload, trying to assimilate the hyper-real unreality of the wondrous ravings of a lunatic. As the house lights return you to the world of the mundane, you will struggle to breathe and to re-learn the ability to function without music and light pushing you, oppressing you, uplifting...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Flying in the Face of Reason | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority asked commuters to carpool, stagger work hours and rely on the buses only as a last resort because they could not accommodate the full load...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eastern Urges Pilots to Cross Picket Lines | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Even the element of danger present in visiting the Zone is a disappointment. A few dangerous-looking types lurk in corners. Several drunks stagger out of bars and clumsily attempt to hurl punches at each other. Open-eyed pimps stand on the corner watching their prostitues...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Down and Out in the Zone | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...from home for considerable stretches. With a willow switch, Mary took charge. "She applied some disciplines just for discipline's sake," recalls Jackie, "like making us wear our clothes back-to-back. 'Why the same thing two days in a row?' I'd plead. 'Can't I stagger them?' 'No,' she'd say. 'This is the rule of the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Regal Masters Of Olympic Versatility | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...SCHROEDER'S Barfly is about a charmingly diminutive bum named Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke), who frequents seedy East L.A. bars, gets into fights, and drinks constantly. He also falls in love with a ravaged but residually beautiful booze queen named Wanda (Faye Dunaway). They meet in a bar, drink, stagger around the streets, drink, go to bed together, get in fights, go to bed some more, and drink a whole lot more...

Author: By Richard Murphy, | Title: Bummed Out | 11/6/1987 | See Source »

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