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Word: toye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...force his own musical style on Hall. The only discernible Fripp trademarks, some thickly textured synthesizer backgrounds, never cramp Hall's vitality. Fripp calls his electronic touches "Frippertronics," but the sounds they produce differ very little from other widely used synthesizers that simulate orchestral timbers. Fripp proudly displays his toy on his solo in "Urban Landscape," but the moment seems as impressive as watching smog roll in on Los Angeles. Fripp's guitar playing earns him much more credit...

Author: By David C. Edelman, | Title: Declaration of Independence | 5/21/1980 | See Source »

...entry. We stare with Oskar out of his mother's heaving port-hole, hurtle down the bloody, mucus-filled chute, and then, too soon, out the door into the glaring bulb-light of modern German, Western Middle-class civilization. "When little Oskar is three, he will have a toy drum," says Mama and his umbilical cord...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: The World According to Oskar | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...might end if the Cramps have their way. Britain is in the midst of a rockabilly revival, with younger bands emerging from all around the country and older folks like Matchbox on the charts. America has its share of rockabilly revivalists. Charlatans like Robert Gordon are beginning to toy with the lower rungs of the charts, and meticulous imitators like Texas' Fabulous Thunderbirds are starting to reach far beyond their initial hardcore following...

Author: By Scott J. Michaelsen, | Title: The True Trash Aesthetic | 4/26/1980 | See Source »

That's the way the film goes, not even momentarily credible, and not really funny, but expert and agreeable. Everything is first-class, starting with the imaginative titles, which show old toy autos and motorcycles scuttling about in front of a photomural of Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mark IV | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

...tenant in the Roseland St. building, David Sauk, called the amendment "a chance to tell Sears, Harvard, and the other giants that we're not going to let them toy with our city any more...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: City to Gradually Sell S. Africa Stock | 3/4/1980 | See Source »

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