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Word: wet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least an hour is reserved for the stop; "people come away with huge packages," a former racquetwoman recalls. It is widely rumored that no member of the Exeter squash team holds a valid Maine hunting license and that at most only one or two a year have suffered from wet feet...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Legacy of Leon Leonwood | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

...small gravel lot protected by the leafless branches of several huge oak trees. The buildings were not large, but they were strong and old and they demanded respect. Stocky chimneys protruded at irregular intervals from the green-blue roofs, and the hard, wood doors were dark and wet from the rain...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Yes Indeed, Quite Different | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

...meter mark we caught distance and never relinquished the lead." cox Rosemarie A. Sabatino said with a wet grin as the emerged from the Charles...

Author: By Peter G. Wilcox, | Title: Lightweights Garner Top Spots; Heavies Falter, Finish Second | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...Inside the building about 200 students prepare for a police challenge. Anxious leaders recite instructions in passive resistance and distribute phone numbers of friendly lawyers, along with wet pieces of linen for protection against tear...

Author: By Charles D. Bloche, | Title: ROTC: Making a Comeback | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

...plane while returning from a trip to Europe. The son of a four-star admiral, McCain served as a submarine commander during World War II and was appointed commander of naval services in Europe in 1967. McCain, who retired in 1972, maintained that the U.S. was engaged in a "wet war" for naval superiority with the Soviet Union, whose growing fleet of submarines posed "a direct threat to our free use of the oceans of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 6, 1981 | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

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