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Word: trappings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the game tied, 3-3, and 56 seconds remaining in overtime, sophomore Peter Ciavaglia took the puck on a faceoff and looked to the point...and Wildcat rookie defenseman Frank Messina fell into the trap. Ciavaglia passed the puck to sophomore John Weisbrod--whom Messina left open in front of the net--and Weisbrod fired in the game-winner in a 4-3 triumph for the Crimson...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Shoot Down Wildcats, 4-3 | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

Carey attempts to prove that though Loos associated with the excesses and inanities of Hollywood life, she clung to a reserved, almost conventional outlook. Carey's book is thorough, almost painstakingly so. He does not fall into the trap of treating his subject with simpering adoration, a common pitfall of Hollywood biographies. But Carey's impassive storytelling is dry, relying too often on Loos' detailed diary to the exclusion of analysis. Do we really need to know that, "That afternoon, while Gladys was still in Teaneck, she prepared a lunch of toast and Lipton's chicken noodle soup and started...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Anita Loos: a Woman in a Man's World | 12/3/1988 | See Source »

Broken Locks Trap Straus Residents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 10/29/1988 | See Source »

...supposed wedding on Oct. 9, in which both bride and groom were undercover Customs agents, was an elaborate ruse designed to lure the jet- setting bankers back into U.S. jurisdiction from other countries. Within 72 hours after the Tampa trap was sprung, American and British customs agents arrested 40 bankers and narcotics traffickers in London and several U.S. cities on money laundering and other charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cash Cleaners | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Wright, it develops, was the victim of a trap laid by his longtime enemy Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams. The plan was hatched when Wright criticized CIA covert actions during a meeting with contra leaders two weeks ago. His comments were passed on to Abrams, who leaked them to the ultra- conservative Washington Times. It was a Times reporter who initially questioned Wright about CIA activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Open Secrets, Closed Doors | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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