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Word: wheeling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accompanying British Ambassador David Miers, who happened to be visiting his U.S. counterpart, opened fire on the approaching van. Said the British security man later: "I fired about five rounds through the door of the vehicle. I saw the driver fall over. As he fell, he pulled on the wheel and the car swung to the right, hitting a parked vehicle." The van was still 30 ft. from the embassy when it exploded, producing a flash and a deafening roar. The façade of the building collapsed, raining masonry and broken glass over a wide area in the residential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: Again, the Nightmare | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

...single wheel can turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showdown at General Motors | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...sale in a gigantic flea market. The saddest figure in Los Angeles was the honored policeman who wanted to be a hero or at least to be noticed by his superiors. Officer James W. Pearson, 40, was at first credited with disarming a bomb he found in a wheel well of the Turkish team's bus, but later was charged with planting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: One Last U.S. Victory Lap | 8/27/1984 | See Source »

After the last semifinal race Saturday Doug Domokos, the Wheelie King, came show boating onto the track and bet track builder John Savitski $500 he could ride around it on one wheel. He did it but it was an awful lot like watching Meadow-lark Lemmon run around with a waterbucket full of confetti...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Letting the Good Times Roll | 7/31/1984 | See Source »

...wrong place." The local driver, according to the Times, "is professional, coldblooded, and no-room-for-error. As long as no one errs, the flow of traffic is rapid. If an accident does occur, the freeways come to a screeching halt." One digests this, and takes the wheel with a shaky hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: In Search of the Angels | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

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