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Word: thins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late afternoon of the next day when Andrei suddenly appeared in the doorway, in his fur hat and jacket, which seemed too big for him. A very thin, small face, all gray. He did not even kiss me, but said, "What's happening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At War with the KGB | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...Button-cute, rapier-keen, wafer-thin and pauper-poor is S.J. Perelman . . . that he possesses the power to become invisible to finance companies . . . that he owns one of the rare mouths in which butter has never melted are legends treasured by every schoolboy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Feather Complex S.J. Perelman: a Life | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

Peggy Sue feels this way as well: the buoyancy of her past is out of reach. Charlie -- "Crazy Charlie," as he is called on the TV spots in which he manically promotes his appliance store -- has opted for a young bimbo, and Peggy Sue's carpet has worn thin with trudgery. At the reunion, the anguished smile she wears clashes with her old prom dress. "If I knew then what I know now," she muses, "I'd do a lot of things differently." Will she, though, when she gets the dream of a chance? Crowned the reunion queen, she grows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Just a Dream, Just a Dream Peggy Sue Got Married | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...pencil-thin tree--which was planted Saturday--stands in front of Matthews Hall, across the path from an oak and a maple which were planted in front of Grays Hall before the 350th celebration last month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Honors Bok By Planting Tree in Yard | 10/8/1986 | See Source »

...October 2 article entitled "All His World's a Stage" incorrectly stated that Jonathan S. Tolins '88 is a member of On Thin Ice. Tolins is not associated with the improvisational theater group...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRECTIONS | 10/7/1986 | See Source »

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