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Word: stoning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...general public, that the private lives of the glitterati of the entertainment industry are off-limits, at least in terms of the respectable press. We're not counting National Enquirer junk--or the apologia, enjoyable as it often is, that comes out of p.r. magazines like People or Rolling Stone. We're talking serious, nuts and bolts journalism, the kind that will look, say, at the life of a John Belushi with the toughness with which a seasoned political writer will look at Richard Nixon. Perhaps because it only serves to show how human the stars are, how frail they...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: Skidding Through Life in The Fast Lane | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

...Plympton St.) in the Lampoon Castle is your haven. A crowded room upstairs full of classics, and a downstairs specializing mostly in older nonfiction can keep you for hours. Feeling adventurous? Then check out its room of unsorted paperbacks. But be prepared to stand or sit on the stone floor--very few (if any) stools or chairs here...

Author: By Paul T. Evans, | Title: Whole Lotta Books | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

ENGAGED. Kathleen Turner, 29, sleek and sexy movie actress (Body Heat, Romancing the Stone); and Jay Weiss, 29, New York City real estate developer. The wedding, the first for both, is set for August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 18, 1984 | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

There is a five-story brick-and-stone headquarters building in Rome, which also houses members studying theology. In addition, there is a global network of administrative centers. Members operate the University of Navarre, one of Spain's finest schools, where Opus disciples from many nations study business, engineering and communications. There are also universities in Peru and Colombia and high schools around the world. Houses near 300 university campuses are prime locations for recruiting and preparing new members. Opus also sponsors 200 social-services agencies. The movement has grown slowly in the U.S., where there are only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Building God's Global Castle | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

Membership in the Harvard Law Review is usually a sure-five stepping stone to prestigious clerkships or fancy positions in corporate law firms, but getting past the tough selection standard is skin to crossing the Ohio State goalline--it doesn't happen often. But this may change now, in light of new pressure placed on the Law Review this year to reform its ways and open up its selection process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The lead stories | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

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