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Word: wilson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their seats. Tens of thousands of them invaded the rain-soaked field to chant, dance and rip down the goalposts. They paraded the uprights around the field and out into the parking lots. They even deposited a chunk of one outside the private box of Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson, a Detroit businessman whom they once booed. "We'll build new goalposts," said Wilson happily, "and they can tear those down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Let's Get Ridiculous! Buffalo's Bills | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...Bills' success is the result, in large part, of lavish trades and draft picks, and canny free-agent signings. Wilson gave a free hand and an open ! checkbook to Polian and coach Marv Levy, 60, now in his third year with the Bills after spells in the U.S. Football League and the Canadian Football League. The result: 15 of 22 starters are top-round draft picks. Building around veteran All-Pro nose tackle, 285-lb. Fred Smerlas, Buffalo has structured the A.F.C.'s best defense. They have held opponents to just one touchdown in the past four games and have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Let's Get Ridiculous! Buffalo's Bills | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...Lisa Hughes 8-1--17; CindyHines 1-0--2; Valerie O'Neil 0-0--0; JacqueseGilbert 7--3-17; Robyn Frascati 0-0--0; MichelleCrosby 3-2--8; Kim Pearce 2-1--5; Sheryl Lynch1-1-4; Cindy Dilger 2-0--4 Julie Van Ewyk 1-3--5;Tamara Wilson 0-0--0. Danica Petrovic...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: W. Cagers Blow Out Flames | 12/3/1988 | See Source »

...theater has brought many notable actors, directors and musicians to Boston for world premieres of their productions, including minimalist composer Philip Glass, Talking Heads singer David Byrne and avant garde director Robert Wilson...

Author: By Amy B. Shuffelton, | Title: American Repertory Theater Celebrates 10 Years at Harvard With Premiere, Fete | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

...away sentences that lesser talents might have hoarded, had they been capable of writing them at all. As a first-time parent, he confided, "Sending a child off to nursery school is like sending your bottom drawer off to the board of health." He could mock others, wickedly: "Edmund Wilson has printed a collection of questionable short stories and in one there is a long description of carnal copulation which would have done carnal copulation irreparable damage if it hadn't been quite as deeply rooted." And he could make fun of himself, including his diminutive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Grace Notes | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

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