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Word: twists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ultimate in racing realism comes from Tyco, which has put together a traditional slot car racing set with a twist--Supersound. Cars rev their motors, the starter's gun sounds, engines roar, tires squeal, and should there be a mishap, should the autos "skid and fly off the track," then there are the sounds of a real "CRRAAASH...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Every Child a Deity | 12/9/1980 | See Source »

Courtesy coffee for employees and early arrivals is a Lord and Taylor ritual borrowed from its New York branch. But 40 years after the tradition began, the store is serving the regular with a twist...

Author: By Cheryl R. Devall, | Title: morning rituals | 12/3/1980 | See Source »

...Magaril's performance as Alan is extraordinary. In the same way that Alan draws in Dysart, Magaril mesmerizes the audience, simultaneously seductive and repulsive. Magaril makes Alan the truly compelling victim of the Modern Age: alienated, practically illiterate, addicted to television. Alan is the perfect Freudian delight (with a twist) who hates his father, loves his mother, and desperately needs something to worship, something to absolve him of his sins in this universe where "God is dead...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Equine Delight | 11/20/1980 | See Source »

...stirred up a lot more interest: the candidates present no jarring political differences. Both struggle to reign supreme at the middle-of-the-road. Just like everybody nowadays, they favor increased military expenditures and reduced federal taxation. They differ, in a significant way, only over abortion. In a curious twist, Spector, the Republican, opposes a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, while-Flaherty, an Irish-Catholic, sympathizes with the pro-life position...

Author: By Siddharta Mazumdar, | Title: Pennsylvania | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...blows a bubble with his gum it pops with an immediate cut to the thunderous roar of a war scene on the movie set. Rush has the rare ability to lift the viewer bodily from his seat with a shift of perspective, to paralyse the metabolism with a twist of the zoom lens...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: A Celluloid Magic Show | 10/30/1980 | See Source »

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