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Word: wets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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William Alfred, Lowell Professor of the Humanities and author of many pieces performed at the Theatre, served as a member of the"Resurrection Committee" responsible fororganizing the commemorative event. In hispresentation, he praised the unity of the companythrough the years despite artistic differences."They fought like wet cats," he said of thecontributing artists. "But they had a sharedvision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Artists Gather to Recall Heyday of Poets' Theatre | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

...reached the MVD building around noon. I was angry at my legs and my heart for hurting, and at the wet snow and the piercing cold. When I found the right office, I was surprised to see it was the visa office, but there was a sign saying that it was closed. I asked a young woman at the reception desk what I was supposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At War with the KGB | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...alcohol and becomes an odd-couple chum of Francis' daughter's; he even attends the girl's birthday party with Francis' parents in Normandy. Still, Turner will always be a foreigner everywhere but inside his music. Paris may be a "very pretty town," but "happiness is a warm, wet Rico reed." The man has to go home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Blue Notes Over Paris 'round Midnight | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...could move the Wednesday night birthday party on the Charles to Friday if we had to, but the Tom Rush concert in Tercentenary Theater and the stadium events on Saturday night cannot be changed; so many involved have other commitments," Stephenson says. "Everyone would simply have to get wet...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Orchestrating a Family Affair: Stephenson Juggles a Big Ball | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

...China, during the Ch'ing dynasty, the Emperors' Pekingese were suckled by wet nurses, raised by eunuchs and given royal rank. Tsunayoshi, the "Dog Shogun" of 17th century Japan, distorted his nation's economy to pamper his 100,000 canines. Ovid and Catullus wrote poems to commemorate the deaths of their mistresses' birds, and trendy Romans kept pet turbot. Today a dog's vita can be just as dolce. Three years ago, Lady Beaverbrook booked all the seats in the business section of a jumbo jet so that she and her pooch could travel in solitary comfort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pet Theories and Pet Peeves in the Company of Animals by James Serpell | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

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