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Word: tellin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late 1960's, Rizzo, often referred to as "America's toughtest cop," was determined to prevent them in Philadelphia. He once told Stokely Carmichael to "choose [his] words carefully" when the revolutionary civil rights leader came to the city to give a speech. He threatened, "I'm tellin' you, Mr. Carmichael, if you cause a riot in this town, I'm going to personally tear you apart. It'll take four orthopedic surgeons a week to put you together...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Being Frank in Philly | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

...bedroom is pitch dark. Two young brothers who share a crowded bed are busily not going to sleep. As one of them, Bill Cosby, describes it years later in a classic monologue, the night is an extended comedy-drama of horseplay, taunting and hand-to-hand combat: "I'm tellin' Dad, I'm tellin' Dad . . ." "I never hit you, I never hit you . . ." Each outburst is followed by a visit from their father, who thunders like Zeus, "If I hear any more laughing . . . I'm going to KILL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: He has a hot TV series, a new book - and a booming comedy empire | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...about that last week," Pauly explained. "The way we see it, it's the NHL's job to determine when a guy's gone too far in a fight, not the Mayor's The NHL's been doin' a good enough job for me. Where's he get off tellin' us how to play hockey...

Author: By Brendan Barnicle, | Title: Where's the Mayor When Ya Need Him? | 4/17/1987 | See Source »

...time - Maybe I shouldn't be tellin' you dis - We drinkin' Corona, having a good time. Laissez bontemps rouler! We're, you know, just fine. Dey Border Cafe, laissez me vous dire, you have a good time! I can tell you dat! All dey good people, eatin' and drinkin'! Dey so happy! Make you wanna...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

...tellin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Scream Girls and Gypsies | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

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