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Word: swim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cruz's case was one of bonafide culture shock. He was closed out of a social life he had no experience in. "I did not know how to skate or swim, nor had I been to a movie theater or beach...

Author: By Eugenia Balodimas, | Title: Cruzing the Streets of Boston | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...Jewett, he's managed to swim along with the currents without making any major waves so far. And he got to go to some great hockey games...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: It's Been a Long Year, Fred | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

WORCESTER--They came to Quinsigamond State Park to sit in the sun and swim and eat. Some came to watch the races. And some even came...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Just Another Day in the Sun | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...Murphy, my roommate, rows crew and I swim...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: ...It Had Become Pathetic | 4/18/1986 | See Source »

...distinctive collection. The stories are all in the first person, but each one presents a new character. An afflicted 15-year-old girl becomes involved with a 27-year-old man of ambiguous sexuality; an older woman, teetering on the edge of a breakdown, decides to jog instead of swim because "not only is running not cold, but I won't drown if I should stop suddenly"; another woman, traveling in Latin America, is dazzled by the profusion of rich colors but daydreams about the frail hands of her dying mother: "I traced with my finger the huge, adult bones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Apr. 14, 1986 | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

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