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Word: stole (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Bush has been pushing (to little notice) on the campaign trail. The Bush people could not persuade the White House to leave the topic to them. One of Bush's aides said of Reagan's newest education initiative, "We're going to say -- nicely, of course -- that he stole the idea from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Grapevine | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

Burglars broke into Louie's Superette, the grocery and convenience store near Mather House, over Christmas break, and stole more than $2500 in cash and beer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Store Victim of Robbery | 1/13/1988 | See Source »

Hart's celebrity status and name recognition put him among the front runners, at least for the moment. To the rest of the Democratic field, however, he was like Dr. Seuss's Grinch Who Stole Christmas, an instant spoiler further disrupting his party's stumbling attempts to rally behind an electable candidate. Like Jesse Jackson, the other leader of the Democratic pack, Hart arouses such high negative feelings in the polls that he is hardly a plausible nominee. Yet together they could draw enough votes to make it more difficult for any of the other five contenders to garner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghost Of Gary Past | 12/28/1987 | See Source »

...with just over three minutes to go in the game, the Hawks charged back for their first lead of the second half. Shooting an amazing 61 percent in the second half, Hartford stole the momentum away from the visiting Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hawks Prey on Women Cagers, 99-86 | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

Writer Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) involuntarily screams "Slut!" whenever anyone mentions his ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew). She stole his manuscript and is gleefully living off the fame and luxury the book's acclaim earned her. Donner loudly proclaims to anyone who will listen that he wants her dead. At the same time, he suffers from a writer's block so intense that he is unable to finish even the first sentence of his novel or make love to his girl-friend Beth, played with pretty, intelligent understatement by Kim Griest...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: La Dolce DeVito | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

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