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Word: swabs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cotton Swab: How the invention of useless health items can lead to the making of millions, and why owning stock in the idea is even better...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: The Boesky Protocals | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

...biggest breakthrough so far. Talk about psycho killers. Byrne showed up in his humongous, gleaming, wide-shouldered white suit, did a fancy two-step with a floor lamp, and the band played all its best-known tunes. Byrne may have looked, at first, like Anthony Perkins getting ready to swab the bathroom floor at the Bates Motel, but his brilliant performance made manifest all the deadpan comedy and everyday eeriness of the music. At last, everything was clear. Besides, the lead singer ended up being as endearing as the Qantas koala...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Heads Are Rolling | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

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