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Word: wallow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wait, what's this? The NBA turned around and told the Charlotte Hornets, "It's your turn this year to wallow in the mire of the Midwest Division cellar and rack up tremendous travel expenses playing three games on the road at Pacific Division opponents." I guess that's the thanks they get for leading the league in attendance in their first season of existence...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: Random Thoughts of a Geography Buff | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...lines: "It seems as if heaven had sent its insane angels into our world as to an asylum, and here they will break out in their native music and utter at intervals the words they have heard in heaven; then the mad fit returns and they mope and wallow like dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Metaphors of The World, Unite! | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...refuse to take the insensitivity shown last Friday "in the spirit of things." Tradition is no excuse. The annual showing of Love Story should be revamped. No one needs to wallow in pure, unadulterated sexism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Love Story? | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...beasts appreciate space and solitude and a simple routine: they doze in the mornings, wallow in mudholes in the heat of the afternoon, and feed in the evening. It turns out that south Texas not only looks like Africa, it apparently tastes like it too. The rhinos have been thriving on a local bush called huisache (pronounced wee-satch this side of the border), a relative of the African acacia. Macho and his mate Chula chomp down about 40 lbs. of it a day. The two now live in separate pastures because on Feb. 28 Chula gave birth to their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rio Grande Valley, Texas | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

When curators at New York City's Museum of Modern Art were preparing the current exhibit of the work of Steven Holl, the architect did not just settle back and wallow in the flattery of the high Establishment. Instead, Holl -- who is opinionated, uncompromising and, concerning architectural details, fussy to the point of fanaticism -- turned opinionated, uncompromising and fussy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: A Dreamer Who Is Fuzzy About the Details | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

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