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Word: stringing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Leno followed with a string of jokes about Americans and their perspectives on world and national hunger. "Rather than working at a program that feeds people on a regular basis, we get involved with a program that feeds them biannually," Leno joked...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Leno Receives Lampy Prize | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

Kills Killed: When a streak ends, it ends with a bang. In Saturday's 6-5 win over St. Lawrence, Harvard's string of 57 consecutive ECAC penalty-kills came to a screeching halt when Saint forward Joe Day scored on a power play during SLU's three-goal barrage in the final minutes of the game...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen Keep Flying in ECAC | 3/2/1988 | See Source »

...video hound, a furry mutt, fetches video bones and "responds" to a few commands (if given in a predetermined order). The felines frolic with balls of string...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Please Turn Off the Dog | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Prosecutors demanded the death sentence for Khaled for a string of attacks that left two Israelis dead and six Israeli and two American diplomats wounded. Both Khaled and his cousin Gamal Shawki Abdel Nasser fled Egypt a few months ago and have reportedly taken refuge in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt: Son of the Revolution | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Remember the image of the book as an object, as a welding of board, paper, string, glue and ink; remember the pyramids of the Egyptians, built from sand, stone and mortar: They were built to ward off time. Each individual block, though carved to protect a pharoah, was a move by man to withstand wind, water, night and other men. Each book we print adds to the monolith of similar blocks we preserve, that we stack in piles, climb on top of, burn out of fear...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: On Books, Respect, And Time | 2/27/1988 | See Source »

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