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Word: tick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kids born since the breakup of the Beatles, however, don't want to hear any of this. Can't hear anything else, at this tick of the clock except brassy, trashy, junk-jingling, stage-stomping Madonna, who has been world famous for almost two months. Just now she is the hottest draw in show biz. Michael Jackson? History. Prince? The Peloponnesian Wars. Cyndi Lauper? Last week's flash, and besides, if you wanna be like Cyndi, you have to dye your hair orange and fuchsia, and your parents freak. No, Madonna is the full moon you see at this bend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Madonna Rocks the Land | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

...conveniently located, climate controlled and security patrolled--have rapidly emerged as the ideal site for stress-free strutting. "We don't have to bother with dogs, traffic problems, rocks, hills or pollen," exults Helen Gulledge, 69. An arthritis sufferer, she and her husband Luther, 75, who has heart trouble, tick off up to two miles daily at the Haywood Mall in Greenville, S.C. Overweight adults, pregnant women and mothers with infants are also now walking the malls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Make Way for the Mall Walkers | 5/26/1985 | See Source »

...tick him clean in style...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Aural Fixations | 5/10/1985 | See Source »

...Dalkon Shield proved a health menace to some users, and it has been a continuing financial nightmare for A.H. Robins, which stopped manufacturing the intrauterine contraceptive more than a decade ago. Robins, whose products include Robitussin cough syrup, Chap Stick lip balm and Sergeant's flea and tick collars, last week reported a 1984 loss of $462 million, giving the company a net worth of minus $128 million. Reason: the lingering and costly legal side effects of the Dalkon Shield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Payout: A $615 Million Liability Fund | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...here it is, 3:54 remaining and Harvard on the move, 3:54 remaining and the gap about to narrow. Tick, tick, tick, Smith shoots at a half-open net. Just wide. Tick, tick, tick. The puck sits there for ages in the B.U. crease. Deraney falls...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Might Have Been | 2/5/1985 | See Source »

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