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Word: tails (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Homeric tales of friendship between Frog and Toad, Dr. Seuss's Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever, and the omnipresent Snoopy and Woodstock are leaders in a procession that could populate a fleet of arks. Still, if anything appears with a tail or a mane, a small human is usually waiting in the wings. It is those child-heroes and heroines who become the first extraparental guides to the world outside the front door, and the main competitor to television's inanities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Lively, Profitable World of Kid Lit | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...been the Bulldogs' starting tail back ever since. Says Hudson: "Herschel is what an offensive lineman works for, why you run those laps, push those blocking sleds up and down the field, sweat and grunt in the trenches - to see somebody run all the way." Walker sees things differently: "I have a lot of help. There's a great line opening the holes, and all the upperclassmen running backs on the team have helped me with hints on how to use those holes, showed me techniques in waiting for blockers. I'm good because the team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: How 'Bout Them Dawgs? | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...this big lunk of a professor, a guy about my age, he only stood about six foot six, he came over and took one of my horse drawings up to the front of the class and started ridiculing it. I said, 'If you like to ride my tail so much, why don't you come outside and fight me?' I was kicked out of school. A recalcitrant, they said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arizona: A Million Dollar Sale of Cowboy Art | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

Harvard also has cancelled a $4 million experiment meant to study the particles in the comet's tail. James G. Anderson, Burden Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Michael B. McElroy, Rotch Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, and Alexander Delgarner, Phillips Professor of Astronomy, all worked on the experiment's design...

Author: By Susan L. Donner, | Title: Scientists Explore Cosmic Phenomena | 11/8/1980 | See Source »

Agreeing with Bayh's analysis, Richard E. Neustadt, Littauer Professor of Public Administration, said yesterday, "The Reagan coat tail effect was the primary force behind the Republican success in Congress...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Reagan's Sweep Boosts GOP on Hill As Republicans Take Control in Senate | 11/6/1980 | See Source »

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