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Word: steams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...downs a few drinks and lights up a joint. She shrugs off her jacket to reveal a low-cut T shirt. Till now the boys in the back room are just nursing their beers, thinking about nothing, or trying to. But they see her, and all the windows steam up. She is the star of her own show, and she loves it. The jukebox gets her dancing, sexy, like on a runway. Pleasin' and teasin'. Hey, college boy, dance with me, closer than sweat. Give me a long, deep kiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bad Women and Brutal Men | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...them out in a moral twilight zone where ambiguity gives way to atrocity. The movie boasts a daring, acute performance by Jodie Foster as Sarah, the coarse-mouthed waitress with the SXY SADI license plate, who can fist her face into a pugnacious sulk or vamp persuasively enough to steam your specs. In the process, The Accused has defied Hollywood odds to become an autumn hit, earning $18 million in its first 24 days of release. It has also stoked the hottest movie debate since Fatal Attraction encouraged married men to keep their mistresses away from the kitchen cutlery. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bad Women and Brutal Men | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...Gore, who first unearthed the furlough policy as a campaign issue. The fact that it was inaugurated by Dukakis' Republican predecessor is irrelevant. As Governor, Dukakis stubbornly resisted attempts to rescind furloughs for first-degree murderers until a drive to ban such leaves through a state referendum gathered steam. By then, the presidential-primary season was under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Most Valuable Player | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

None of the rare books harmed in Wednesday's steam pipe leak at Langdell Law Library were completely ruined, but between 100 and 200 books were damaged, a library official said yesterday...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Steam Leak Damages Rare Books | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

About 400 books were affected when a malfunctioning humidity control system, installed shortly after World War II, spewed steam into the upper level of the Treasure Room...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Steam Leak Damages Rare Books | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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