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Word: winked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said. "I looked him in the eye, I appraised him. He was very determined. Yet there was a twinkle. He is a guy quite sure of what he is doing. He has got a political feel. I could tell by the way he was laughing with us. A little wink now and then. He has a wonderful way of communicating with Westerners. I had the feeling that I could bring up any subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Game of One-on-One | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...seeing Margaret Thatcher play the horse in a Christmas pantomime -- and with delicious style. The great gray lady of movie drama brings her precise acting tools to a comedy of manners, flouncing wittily onto a couch, exhaling every word in swooning intimacy, switching from fawn to fume in the wink of a lover's indiscretion. She can even speak American English without an accent. Surprise! Inside the Greer Garson roles Streep usually plays, a vixenish Carole Lombard is screaming to be cut loose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Warty Worm | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...seems odd that the Harvard administration, which requires that undergraduates have decision-making power in all undergraduate organizations, should wink at, or even condone, the control of non-students over PBHA...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Staff Infection | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

Finally, we need to use the American system of justice to actually see that justice is done. We must provide equal access to the courts for rich and poor alike. We must reverse the Reagan-era tendency to wink at discrimination and abuses of power...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Real Life, Real Answers | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

...lined up in front of the net to the right of Ciavaglia. Young drifted to Ciavaglia's left. Ciavaglia turned around to position Melrose behind him for a last-second slapshot. No, not there, Kevan, a little to the left. That's too far. Good, that's perfect. Now (wink, wink) be ready, Kevan...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The Dramatic Play | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

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