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Word: thigh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gaza Strip, United Nations relief workers and Arab hospital officials said soldiers opened fire yesterday at protesters outside a school in Jabaliya refugee camp, wounding 14-year-old Diah Ahmed Jaber in the left thigh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Arabs Killed, 21 Others Injured | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

...least part of the hyperbolic hoopla, however, was fashioned by the skaters and their determined entourages. In the days leading up to the final competition, controversy erupted over Witt's outfits, notably a blue costume that some thought was sliced provocatively high along the thigh. "We're here to skate in a dress, not a G-string," huffed Manley's coach, Peter Dunfield. Witt met the commotion with calm. "We wear costumes that enhance the music," she said. "Why shouldn't we stress what is attractive?" But the flap seemed to give Witt and her coach second thoughts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Katarina Witt took her golden place | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Since the Pudding stage is so small that there are always two too many players, and since the action is non-stop, any show's most memorable performances are those of the actors with the largest polyurethane chest plates or the dresses cut furthest up a thatched thigh. There just isn't time for niceties like character development...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Medicine Ball | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

Four Arabs were wounded by gunfire, including a 10-year-old boy shot in the right thigh and a 17-year-old shot in the chest, according to officials at Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. A fifth Palestinian was shot in both legs in a separate protest in Gaza City, said officials at Shifa Hospital...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Palestinian Killed at Gaza Strip Funeral | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

Other top Paris couturiers went for sizzle last week too, especially Emanuel Ungaro, whose bright follies exposed virtually the whole thigh. Yves Saint Laurent presented his customary, imperturbable show of regal but wearable clothes. His only jape was the bridal dress that traditionally ends couture shows. His bride wafted out in a white shirred micro-mini-bustier with an applique dove on her head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Voila! It's Fun a Lacroix | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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