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Word: uncorks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Just when it seems all of his luck has run out, the swinger finds that his next door neighbor, whose husband is also out of town, would like to get to know him much better. As he prepares to uncork the champagne for their private get-acquainted mixer, we begin to suspect a problem, and would you believe it--his wife comes home a day early...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: Love Weekend Style | 2/17/1981 | See Source »

...billion in Iranian assets had been placed in an escrow account for the Central Bank of Algeria at the Bank of England. Christopher returned to the embassy, telling reporters as he walked in, "Just say I'm a happy man." Inside the building, embassy staffers were about to uncork 24 bottles of Mumm's Cordon Rouge champagne. -By Edward E Scharff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Hostages: How the Bargain Was Struck | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...towards Douglas Marlette, Victor Kohutka and John Jenrette. A garland of holly for Stanislaw Baranczak, For William F. Buckley and also Burt Bachrach. In Cambridge we drink to the Sullivans' city--David's, Walter's, James's, and Al Vellucci's. Bottle upon bottle, we'll uncork the Veuve Clicquot And raise our glasses in the air for everyone we know. For A. Simone Reagor, Eugene Genovese, Lyndon Larouche and Aglaia Senese, Ned Coll, Larry Bird, Meryl Streep and Abbie Hoffman, Ben Schatz, Richard Frye, Cyrus Vance and Stanley Hoffmann, Baruj Benacerraf, Muhammad Ali, Simon Schama and Selwyn Cudjoe, Zbigniew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Phantasm | 12/18/1980 | See Source »

...slapshot from Burke, who patiently waited at the point for the right moment to uncork, McDonald's conversion of a cross-ice pass from Connors, and Greg Olson's short-handed goal made it 4-2 Harvard after one. Brown cut the margin to one, but McDonald and Connors struck again 36 seconds apart, and the Crimson never looked back. Ahead 6-3 after two, the Crimson coasted the rest...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icemen Fall to Vermont, 4-3, Rebound to Bury Brown, 9-5 | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

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