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Word: wet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...knew I could leave it on for a long time. When it was time to remove a hat late at night, it had to be done with exquisite care. Drying my hair with a towel became a delicate process which necessarily ceased long before the hair was dry. Wet hair is better than no hair, I reasoned...

Author: By Charles E. Cohen, | Title: A Touch of Chrome | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Jansen, whose wife reported him missing on Monday, was discovered at 8 a.m. by a jogger. His face was bloodied and the leg of one of his pants was wet. He did not appear to have drowned, according to Boston Police Officer Larry Gillis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Man Found Dead Near Longfellow Bridge | 12/4/1985 | See Source »

Drinking carbonated beverages through the hose caused awkward burps and coughs, while spillage created embarrassing wet spots...

Author: By Russ Muirhead, | Title: Entrepreneur Sells Drinking Helmet | 11/22/1985 | See Source »

They are also a literary critic's intellectual wet dream. Potluck is comprised of stages--as Fitch told The Crimson, "The protagonist creates a city in his mind, destroys it, is eaten by a tiger, swims around in an ocean that soon becomes a desert, and then winds up back in his living room"--that completes a cycle. Like a Biblical parable, it tells of the destruction of civilization at the hands of hubristic pseudo-intellectuals. The punishment: society is destroyed like the Tower of Babel and sunk into the ocean like Atlantis...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: A Feast for All | 11/16/1985 | See Source »

Disregard the fact that a wet ball yesterday caused four Adams fumbles on the quarterback snap. The strength and size of Cabot-North are enough to destroy most house teams on any given...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Cabot-North, K-Land Advance | 11/13/1985 | See Source »

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