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Word: tex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...appetites. And then, on with the main attraction! The feature was often a broken-down B-minus monster movie, and pretty much an aesthetic anticlimax after the seven-minute masterpieces that opened the show. At the time, of course, nobody figured to hang cartoons in a museum. Chuck Jones, Tex Avery and the Disney elves were considered ghetto artisans then, not the Leonardos of cinema comedy. But even a ten-year-old moviegoer knew that these guys, on the screen and behind the scenes, were a hard act to follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Creatures of A Subhuman Species WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...happen to think it's a better issue for the Democrats than for the Republicans," said House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Tex.). House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) asked, "Why hand it to us on a silver platter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Vetoes Trade Bill | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

...nation's 24th-ranked Harvard women's tennis team was eliminated from the NCAA tournament by Trinity (Tex.), 5-1, Wednesday at UCLA...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Trinity Eliminates Netwomen ,5-1, in NCAA Tournament | 5/13/1988 | See Source »

...Trinity (Tex.) 5, Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Results | 5/12/1988 | See Source »

...your fill of creole gumbo and Cajun blackened redfish? Fed up with Southwestern blue cornmeal tortillas, Tex-Mex refried beans and California's baby vegetables and grill-scarred swordfish? Then consider traveling north by northwest to Seattle, where yet another new American regional cuisine is bubbling along. Having simmered slowly over the past eight or nine years, this vibrant, young-spirited cooking is now beginning to achieve finish and form. Whether dubbed Northwestern (because of its almost religious dedication to local products) or Pacific Rim (because it draws inspiration from both Asian and West Coast shore communities), this cuisine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Dining North by Northwest | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

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