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Word: stuffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...theme was "Americana" or something like that and the girls all dressed in skintight silver shake-your-stuff suits for a toe-tapping salute to George M. Cohan and for the evening gown competition each semi-finalist was escorted in a knockout dress beneath an archway of uplifted Naval Academy sabers and the cadets lucky enough to accompany the lovely ladies wore Good Humor Man ice-cream suits and Remedial Math dropjaw smiles like a bunch of meatheaded Varsity fullbacks strutting arm-in-arm with prospective Homecoming Queens and for the swimsuit competition the camera played fly-on-the-wall...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: One Fine Night in Newton | 5/23/1986 | See Source »

Speaking of supers, someone is making a big profit on that white gummy poster stuff. Who? Joan...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Self-Examination | 5/21/1986 | See Source »

Endless Love, Scott Spencer's third novel, produced the stuff of most writers' daydreams. Although not all reviewers loved its explicit portrayal of obsessive passion, the book sold well, developed a cult following among young people and some of their elders, and in 1981 was made into a bad but attention-getting movie starring Brooke Shields. Such pleasurable success also breeds pressure. Endless Love was not, as publishers like to announce, long awaited. Waking the Dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ambitions Waking the Dead | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...real tough," Jamieson said, "He threw a lot of off-speed stuff and once you are off-balance, he will throw his fastball. He's an all-around good pitcher...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue, | Title: Batsmen Split in Season Finale | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

After their sophmore year, Air Force ROTC cadets are required to spend four weeks participating in a field training exercise. "They learn military stuff, like marching, Air Force rules, customs, etc.," Tubig says. "It's like summer camp, but a lot harder...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Preparing Today for the Military Tomorrow | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

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