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Word: sushi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then again, Tony "Two-Ton" Tubbs was no Michelangelo's David either. When Tubbs fought Tyson in Japan a few moths ago, it looked like he had one too many pound of sushi and washed it down with a keg of Sapporo. But you couldn't remind Tony about his weight problem. He thought he could beat the champ...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Challenging the Champ | 7/1/1988 | See Source »

...Photographer Reinhart Wolf was not satisfied with recording only the creations of eminent chefs. He foraged in food shops to assemble sake glasses made of dried octopus, a squad of chocolate sumo wrestlers, a bouquet of lollipops, kaleidoscopic cookies. Angela Terzani's text provides morsels of its own. Sushi lovers may be abashed to learn that they have not exactly touched the ancient soul of Japan: sushi was not a hit there until the 19th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Shelf of Holiday Treats and Treasures | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

Yuppie shows are easy to spot. CBS's Everything's Relative revolves around two brothers who share a New York apartment and a nagging mother. One (John Bolger) is a blue-collar swinger; the other (Jason Alexander), a buttoned-down yuppie who does consumer research for products like sushi-on-a-stick. In NBC's My Two Dads, two bachelors get joint custody of a twelve-year-old girl, whom one of them -- no one knows which -- has fathered. Again, they are a contrasting pair: Greg Evigan is a free-spirited artist, Paul Reiser a compulsive financial analyst who describes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Yup, Yup and Away! | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...Quality Inn. Not that he's a complainer, but the Quality Inn wasn't the most classy hotel he's ever stayed in. "I called room service and asked for a sandwich, and they sent me two prostitutes," he said. At least they didn't send him sushi, a trendy dish whose appeal Maher doesn't quite understand: "Sushi? It's not food--it's bait...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Square Life: | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...Aspiring suburban housewife seeks aspiring young urban professional. I will iron your oxfords if you take me out for sushi...

Author: By Camille L. Landau, | Title: Students Offer The 'Desperately Seeking' A Solution | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

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