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Word: waywardly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...less amusing is Lawrence as Cressida's tenderhearted uncle Pandarus. Decked out in bright yellow and peacock green, Lawrence looks a little like a wayward hairdresser from Soho. Twittering about to arrange a meeting between his niece and her enamorata. Pandarus is the quintessmal old fuss budget. While Ulysses gets the most elegant lines in the piece Pandarus gets enough good comic material to read for the role of a Green Johnny Carson. Blunt to the point of abrasiveness. Pandarus urges the lovers to abandon useless talk and move into more substantial endeavors once they have made each other...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Shakespeare Straight & Tragic | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

...Seth Farber's determination scared some cheering fans, as the junior jumped into the stands in an attempt to save a wayward pass. But Farber, simply danced in and out of the seats and back onto the court. No one was hurt and Harvard went on to win the third game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: rinceton Defeats Spikers, 3-1 | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

...that it is fantastically realistic. After all suspension of disbelief can last just so long. Is it really possible that eight penniless teenagers can clean, paint, and redecorate, let alone locate, an apartment in New York within hours of arriving in the city? Will the parents of these wayward youths really remain quietly buried in the suburban depths of Sandusky, Ohio, while their children cavort across the streets of New York missing school, cheer leading practice and Sunday night dinner? And, to get right to the point, how much energy and ambition can we take? At every daunting obstacle these...

Author: By Anne Tobias, | Title: Ever See a Priest Dance? | 2/22/1985 | See Source »

little further in from the street to give it a fighting chance against wayward trucks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Trust's Clock Returns | 2/12/1985 | See Source »

...been ruled by the same party, the PRI, since 1920. The PRI (Party of the Institutional Revolution) began as the centrist party which emerged from the tumult of the Mexican revolution and has steadily consolidated power ever since. Its leadership has never hesitated to cajole or co-opt the wayward peasant leader or union boss. If all else fails, the PRI retains a powerful ability to repress its more intransigent opponents...

Author: By Gilad Y. Ohana, | Title: Keeping up with the Neighbors | 1/18/1985 | See Source »

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