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Word: upthrust (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SONGS are passable. Standard Thriller outtakes. I liked the dancing, though it's sort of fascistic; lots of upthrust fists and "Sieg Heil!" grunting. The sets are impressive, too. Like Harlem in space...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: KID IN A CANDYSHOP: | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

...centuries the domes have served as a source of cheap table salt. In Louisiana, salt miners have carved out huge underground caverns. The domes act as traps for oil and natural gas, which collect in neighboring rock in cracks and fissures created by the upthrust of the salt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hideaways for Nuclear Waste | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

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