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Word: watered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Right in front of my eyes was a huge glob of illegally dumped waste. The foamy brown scum floated slowly into shore. As it enveloped the shore break, the water would streak brown in the air, crash down in a spray of yellowish-white, and then disappear into the sand. Wave after wave of scum vanished in this fashion, while little children splashed in the waves. New Jerseyites were literally swimming in their own feces...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: The NIMBY Syndrome | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

Last night's Harvard-Boston College water polo Beanpot semifinal had all the makings of a comedy...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Aquadudes Drown B.C.; Head to 'Pot Final, 14-7 | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

...roommate and a refugee friend of ours clustered around our space heater and swilled hot water by the potful, but somehow it wasn't doing much to assuage the 39-degree weather. So at 11:30 p.m., we decided to do something to remedy the situation and called the heat hotline. No pun intended...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Out in the Cold | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

...century ago that the company turned innocuous soda water into what Berke Breathed has aptly described as "malted battery acid." Then, in the 1930s, it invented Santa Claus to tout its product. (Until then, Saint Nick had been a gruff, thin man. It's thanks to Coke that he's now a jolly bowl of jello...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Snap, Crackle and Pop | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

...water polo 6th at Eastern League Tournament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSIDE: | 10/13/1987 | See Source »

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