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Word: zipped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Forget this week's meager Tony awards in the Broadway musical category. It has actually been a wonderful year for musicals. Indeed, with just a little stretching of the Tony rules, a whole stageful of prizes could have been bestowed. Best new musical: Zip! Goes a Million. Best actress: Judy Kaye as the Gay Nineties chanteuse in Sweet Adeline. Best supporting actress: Jane Connell as the inebriated Quaker aunt in Oh, Boy! Best eccentric dance: Mia Dillon for her daft balloon ballet in Music in the Air. Best orchestrations: John McGlinn for Leave It to Jane. Best book and lyrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can't Help Lovin' Those Tunes | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

...those willing to brave the proverbial "dirt waters," the Charles is a veritable playground. Crew shells zip up and down, sailors tack to and fro bikers crust along the edges...

Author: By Timothy W. Plass, | Title: Ol' Man River | 5/2/1985 | See Source »

...tree fell in their path. They stopped their car, but others rammed them from behind. Hovland figured he could win on several points: a tree in rotten condition, a poorly designed roadway and cars without headrests. After a seven-week trial, the jury deliberated only 1 1/2 hours. Verdict: zip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: No Mickey Mousing Around | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

Twenty-five-zip...

Author: By Chris Georges, | Title: A Holiday Ode | 12/15/1984 | See Source »

Amtrak Veteran Rodney Rosemond had been on the signal-tower job for only two weeks. Rosemond, who has been suspended, may have failed to throw the red signal that would have told the Zip's engineer to stop and wait for the Shoreliner to pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation: A Head-On Amtrak Crash | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

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