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Word: woodenness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forget the salad bar," Deep Throat sighed. "Wilted lettuce, wooden tomatoes, tasteless carrots. It's all so disheartening...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Dining Hall-Gate | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

CRIMSON Key tour guides tell prospective students that the charm of a Harvard suite derives from its brick walls, old fireplaces, carved wooden mantle and chandeliers...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: The Politics of Phony Solutions | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

Many well-built structures survived with minor damage, but 90% of all buildings were of frame construction. Wooden dwellings in the congested area south of Market (where most of the dead would be found) were reduced to heaps of kindling, which were quickly set afire by overturned stoves. Scattered blazes began to burn at once. Yet the city's troubles had hardly begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First The Shaking, Then the Flames | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

Stark white walls and rickety wooden shelves testify to Graham's cost-cutting, and Affordable Books can't match the Square's up-scale booksellers for browsing atmosphere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everything You've Always Wanted... | 9/27/1989 | See Source »

...there is only one official U.S. flag, would it be permissible to burn an unofficial one -- say, an obsolete model with 48 stars? Since a flag is, by usual definition, made of fabric, should a wooden representation of it be protected? What about little lapel pins or cuff links with flags on them? What if somebody publicly stomped a piece of such jewelry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Few Symbol-Minded Questions | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

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