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Word: lampposts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parlor tricks, from a no-hands bobbing of his hat on his head to incessant, playful swiping of a bystander's gold watch. He brings vitality to such shopworn comedy as passing out, being revived and protesting, "Here! I didn't faint for water." In a leaning-on-a-lamppost number, Lindsay achieves a slouchy elegance that visually echoes Gene Kelly's title solo in Singin' in the Rain. Plunkett is melodious as "my girl," but Lindsay's performance practically shouts, "Look at me!" and thoroughly rewards the attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Sweet and Sentimental Smash | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...other official nominee who said he supportsdivestment, Parker G. Montgomery '49, said hewould not comment on the letter because, "I nevervoluntarily step in front of dog pissing on a lamppost...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: 2 More for Overseer Support Divestment | 5/9/1986 | See Source »

...Saturday--Hours after issuing the first ID cards for undergraduate alcohol privileges, in three separate incidents, three unnamed Harvard administrators are picked up for a hit-and-run decimation of a Memorial Drive lamppost, overturning the guard house on the way out of the Yard, and trashing the new sculpture next to Out of Town News. All three are charged with DWI. Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III graciously leaves a black-tie gala to bail them out of the Cambridge Police Department jail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Banner Year | 1/6/1986 | See Source »

...Winthrop House junior arrested earlier this month for posting handbills on a lamppost said yesterday that she may file a complaint against the arresting officer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undergrad May Charge False Arrest | 10/30/1984 | See Source »

Stewart was arrested by a Cambridge police officer on the night of October 2 after taping Radcliffe Lesbians Association posters to a Dunster St. lamppost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undergrad May Charge False Arrest | 10/30/1984 | See Source »

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