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Word: tapping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to the witness, Bailey and another man then left the party with a keg, announcing, "Don't worry about your keg... we'll even bring the tap back if you're lucky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Arrest Man at Adams House Party | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

While longtime homeowners are sitting on an ever growing nest egg, which they can tap for their next house or other purchases, first-time buyers have few assets and too little salary to catch up. In a particularly gloomy report, the National Association of Realtors found last fall that the average potential first-time buyer had only 77% of the income needed to qualify for the mortgage on a starter home. Current homeowners, by contrast, had 112% of the income required for a mortgage on a median-priced home. Said Ira Gribin, president of the Realtors association: "The first-time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gimme Shelter | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...barmaids--Amanda Pleasme (Michael Starr '90) and Sheila Lowitt (Donivan Barton '91)--start the show in the finest Roaring Twenties fare, in a dazzling tap dance that sends their fringes fluttering and foam chests bouncing. A Sam Spade archetype, detective Sam Antics (Jason Tomarkin '91), lets the audience in on Cafe Ole's reputation as "a joint where nobody just says...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Puttin' on the Blitz | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...looking for a subtle plot or Academy Award-winning acting, don't go see Tap; the movie is not a showcase for drama. If you like loud music and good tap dancing, however, then Tap is a film you will enjoy...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: All That Jazz | 2/17/1989 | See Source »

Greenbaum added that the water quality drops in three steps as the level declines. First, sand and sediments at the bottom of the reservoir mix, causing tap water to appear dirty. Also, as the water gets shallower, its temperature rises, meaning bacteria have a better chance to survive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State Officials Announce Water Emergency | 2/17/1989 | See Source »

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