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Word: wads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bank Robber Daniel Candelairo had just sprinted out the door of California Savings & Loan in Oakland last summer, when his getaway was rudely interrupted. The bundle of cash he had stuffed into his pocket had been booby- trapped with a security device. The wad exploded, disrupting the hapless thief's escape and causing second- and third-degree burns around his genitals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chutzpah: Whose Fault Is It Anyway? | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...film begins with Ritchie in love with a Hispanic girl named Rosie, who sleeps with Bob soon after his return. Bob gives his mother a large wad of money, saying that it is time to leave the labor camp for the city. The family departs, with Rosie...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: La Bamba | 7/31/1987 | See Source »

...fast-paced story follows. the life of Gambetta Stevenson, from his childhood in a small Southern Town during the first World War to his career as a semi-successful Hollywood actor. Though Leland packs a thick wad of detail to satisfy the historical novel lovers out there, the real story is the obsessive love Stevenson bears for his stepmother, Mrs. Randall...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Teaching and Doing | 6/9/1987 | See Source »

...were about to give him the dollar, since he looked like he needed it. But he said "does it look like this one?" as he shifted his pocket flask to his other hand and pulled out a wad of bills. Seeing that he had more cash on him than Steve and I had put together, we decided not to give it to him. He blew...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Money for Nothing | 5/13/1987 | See Source »

...woman who we originally stopped also refused the currency. She must have thought that the guy with the wad was a shill. Or maybe, she was just like the hundreds of other people we stopped who did not want to look like they needed the money. Maybe they were all too busy to stop for a while and smell the roses. Maybe they were all too accustomed to thinking they can get something for nothing, only to find out that you have to sign up for seven months of Physicist's Weekly in order to get a free gift. Maybe...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Money for Nothing | 5/13/1987 | See Source »

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