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Word: barely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discernable, soft-focus close-ups that are more erotic than today's obligatory nudity; they reveal the source of some of the original furor over the film. In fact, a number of the scenes look familiar, and one, which has Valmont calling Marianne while he is lounging on the bare Cecilia doing her homework, is paraphrased in the later film...

Author: By Mark D. Payson, | Title: Dangerous Name of the Game | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

...professorship will also increase the number of undergraduate courses being taught in modern Chinese Studies, MacFarquhar said. He said that he favors adding a provision to the chair's description that would require its occupant to teach "at least a bare minimum of courses...

Author: By Ryan Schneider, | Title: Harvard Creates New China Chair | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...thefurniture out of the living room and lay the linerdown, pressing it flush against the walls, lettingit extend nearly a foot up the sides. On the sixthday, the Witches spread the soil over the linerand grass seed over the soil, watered it, lettingthe damp earth spread over their bare feet. On theseventh day they rested. On the thirtieth day theylay naked on the floor in th roomful of thick,verdant grass...

Author: By Jenny LYN Bader, | Title: Superstition | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

...Right now, we have a very bare-bones budget," Marx added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBHA Fund Drive Nears $1 Million Goal | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

Although it is called volleyball, there are some signal differences between the seaside sport and the amateur game played in schools and in the Olympics. Regular volleyball employs six players a side on a hard-surface court, while beach teams consist of only two usually bare-foot acrobats who charge through the sand to get to the ball, giving the game the flavor of balletic misdemeanor. The ball used on the beach is somewhat heavier than the indoor one, mainly to counteract the effects of sea breezes. The object of both games is to make the ball hit the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beach Volleyball Nets Big Bucks | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

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