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Word: girlfriend (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...several old ladies who looked like great aunts. The stains on the wallpaper got to be old friends. If you came in past 11:30 p.m., you found the door locked. Eventually, the night porter would answer the bell, not exactly in his bathrobe but looking the way your girlfriend's father used to when you brought her home late. If your step was wobbly on these occasions, the porter looked concerned. Rates passed for cheap in midtown -- $80 for a small suite -- and if you had not checked in for a while, the desk clerk asked after your health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: An Ocean Cruise in Manhattan | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...girlfriend giggled...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Post-Election Escapism | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...that doesn't serve public needs is bound by the same laws as a public restaurant. Unfortunately women submit to this rule, but I don't think taunting them will help. I will also put on the record a request: If I ever ask such a thing of a girlfriend, she is to slap me in the face and say she'll never see me again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWAT Rally | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...primarily Jewish fraternity, pledges wore black face makeup and afro wigs and performed impersonations of Oprah Winfrey and the Jackson Five on stage. Students said that the Oprah impersonation had sexist implications because frat members pulled the pledge's arms back and forth saying "this is my girlfriend Oprah," hitting her and calling her "bitch," according to the Wisconsin Daily Cardinal...

Author: By Amy B. Shuffelton, | Title: Frat Fundraiser Called Racially Insensitive | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

...week Michael Gipson did not dare to leave the three-room apartment he shared with his girlfriend and their infant son in Rockwell Gardens, the public-housing project with the highest crime rate in Chicago. Gipson rightly feared that the Chicago Housing Authority would throw him out because his name was not on the apartment's lease. His solution: marry his girlfriend and become an official tenant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago: Get Married Or Get Out | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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