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Word: surely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wasn't sure I'd ever grace these pages again, but watching the National Hockey League playoffs these past few weeks has, er, inspired...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Blowing the Whistle on Pro Hockey Buffoonery | 5/11/1988 | See Source »

...should say right away that I'm not much of a hockey fan. Sure, I've enjoyed a couple of games a year at Bright Center, and I even went to a pro game once in Pittsburgh (though we left early to watch the sixth game of the '86 World Series--and you know the rest of that story), but basically I know zilch when it comes to pro hockey...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Blowing the Whistle on Pro Hockey Buffoonery | 5/11/1988 | See Source »

...Conference is that it's not named after my girlfriend--also a Campbell--and I draw a total blank when it comes to the Prince of Wales (why not East and West or American and Canadian, anyway?). I think the Bruins are in the Wales, but I'm not sure...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Blowing the Whistle on Pro Hockey Buffoonery | 5/11/1988 | See Source »

...imports will rise," he argues. According to his commission's projections, imports will reach 50% within the next 18 months and 65% in 1991-92. Says Hance: "Then I can see gasoline at the pump costing $2 a gallon." That projection, even if it represents an extreme scenario, sure takes the fun out of driving at 65 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strange Bedfellows in Vienna | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...perfection and aching to caress the soft curves of domestic danger. It's also a beguiling metaphor for the dilemma of the novelist or filmmaker who, omnipotently, creates his characters and then must let them breathe, misbehave, go their own ways. Who knows what happens next? Nobody, for sure. And that is the risk held out, like an apple in Eden, by life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Angel Who Fell to Earth WINGS OF DESIRE | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

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