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Word: wows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city except New York. In Fresno, Calif., he found a county as agriculturally productive as many entire countries ("... 5,500 tons of figs, 40,000 tons of black olives, 175,000 tons of peaches..."). Not surprisingly, in Kahn's 3,500-word essay, the last word is "Wow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Annual Surprise | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

...standards of Mother Teri Shields, 48, who rejected one sample because the dimple was missing and the nose, well, it wasn't quite right. Examining a later attempt, Teri complained that the dollmakers had made Brooke a bit too busty. The final product did please the subject. "Wow!" said Brooke. "It really is me." No word yet on prospects for an adhesive companion Teri doll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 8, 1982 | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

Despite the familiar French gibe that Britain is a country with 60 religions and only two sauces, Garmey names several that are unique and pleasant. One of them, made of meat stock, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and mustard, is called, appropriately, Wow-Wow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Born to Eat Their Words | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...Wow. You must have got married right out of high school," I exclaimed before I knew what I was saying...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: Working Class Zero | 10/22/1981 | See Source »

Inga did have one Freshman Week experience all to herself. "Someone came up to me and gave me a big hug and said, 'Wow, you made varsity soccer!' I don't even know what a soccer ball looks like. He saw I was confused, and he said, 'Inga?' I said, 'Yeah, Inga Larson.' It turns out he meant Inga Parsons-- that's the only other Inga I've ever heard of. But I said, 'That's O.K.--you can keep hugging...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Welcome to Camp Harvard | 9/24/1981 | See Source »

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