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Word: tossings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite strong early support, Proposition 102 is now rated a toss-up. Proposition 96, a less controversial initiative that would allow courts to order HIV tests for those charged with sex and assault crimes, is leading by a considerable margin. Even if both measures are rejected, however, the crusade ! against AIDS victims is likely to resurface when another election rolls around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Ballot: Guns and AIDS | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...character who grows and doesn't just calcify, Lange brings wily zest to each step in Babs' coming-out party. She can toss dewy-eyed soul into a line like "I just want to be Mrs. Gavin Grey" -- all ardor, no condescension. She can bear, with a smoldering fuse, the later ordeal of player's wife and baby factory. She can tease Donnie while ironizing her flirtation: "It's every Southern mama's legacy to her daughter." She can seize control of her own life and still stand by her man. Gavin may have embodied, as the film suggests, "everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Part-Time All-American: FAR NORTH & EVERYBODY'S ALL AMERICAN | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

Linebackers: Greg Ubert and Brian Burns remain the most active members of the Crimson defensive unit. Ubert leads the team in tackles with 63. He and Burns will be used to stop B.U.'s potentially devastating pass attack. Look for the Terriers to toss a few over the middle. Look for Ubert and Burns to be there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scouting Report | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

According to Cage, the I Ching book is the oldest of its kind on earth. He says the ancient sages used to toss sticks in 64 different ways to learn how to find answers to specific questions about life in the I Ching book...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Stop Making Sense | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...used to think no one read this advertisement-laden publication. If you pick one up--and how often do you simply skip by the person who is handing them out, hands dug deeply in pockets?--you simply toss it in the nearest trash...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Ten Questions of the Universe | 10/29/1988 | See Source »

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