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Word: switched (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close. The final match has dissolved into pandemonium as two sets of burly wrestlers pound one another with knee drops, punches and head bashes. The crowd becomes a mob, chanting in unison, waving American flags, demanding more. Suddenly a gong rings. As the hot, white lights above the ring switch off, fans stream outside into blinding sunshine. Inside, the wrestlers pack up and leave for the night matches in Austin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Wrestling with Good and Evil | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

...first was his abandonment of the Labour Party. In the United States, he points out, politicians can switch parties and still run on personal charm. But in Britain, the populace votes for a party, he says, not a person...

Author: By Roderick L. Macfarquhar, | Title: Journalist Turned Politician Turned Academic | 10/17/1984 | See Source »

...Force has announced the cause of the Aug. 29 crash: human error. As the plane's movable wings were swung forward for a low-altitude test, Benefield apparently forgot to switch on a mechanism that shifts fuel among various tanks. The B-lA's center of gravity thus stayed toward the tail, causing the bomber to rear up at a 70° angle, stall and tumble earthward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: Fatal Failure to Check the Gas | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

...Wife. De Mornay's fantasy has always been to be a singer. So for the film she practiced long hours with Arranger Quincy Jones, and now several of her songs will be released as singles, at least one as a video. But De Mornay is not looking to switch careers. "Singing is more revealing than acting," she says. "When you're singing you're emotionally naked. It's scary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 15, 1984 | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

Readers expecting a sizzling exploitation of the older-woman-younger-man vogue should switch back to Dynasty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Charades | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

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