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Word: corkscrew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...yell at the men, attacking them for their hypocrisy. Though I believe this final twist is meant to justify the previously presented misogynist attitudes and violence, it is not enough to counter the rest of the action of the play. The woman is eventually silenced--killed by a corkscrew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Readers Respond... | 11/16/1990 | See Source »

...Someone brought me back a nosering from India," she says. "But it was threaded like a corkscrew and really painful. If anyone can tell me how to wear it so that it doesn't hurt, I'd be really grateful...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: They've Got a Nose for Fashion | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

...Harvard Dining Services (HDS) administrator says he spends between one and five hours a week speaking to students anonymously over the phone. But this administrator doesn't breathe heavily. He only raves about spicy corkscrew fries...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Few Know Face Behind Voice | 11/10/1990 | See Source »

...build in every bit of fright imaginable. Riders want it," explains coaster designer Ronald Toomer. Most of the new roller coasters are constructed with tubular steel, which lends itself to loops and corkscrew twists. But a number of coaster builders are putting modern tracks and cars within a traditional latticework of wood, which provides the sense of ricketiness, danger and nostalgia that riders love. In fact, roller coasters are safer than ever. Unlike old coasters, which speed out and back over often predictable sets of hills, today's rides careen through tight turns, 60 degrees plunges and dark tunnels, sometimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Roller Coasters... Eeeeeyyooowiiii!!! | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...touch the ball. The result is a lot more whiffs now than in the old days. Last year batters earned 3% more bases on balls than in 1930, but struck out 75% more often. Flash, not finesse, is the hallmark of modern, macho baseball, where a slugger would rather corkscrew himself into the batter's box on a swinging third strike than ground out meekly to the shortstop. This all-or-nothing attitude is catnip to Ryan, whose fast ball ! still approaches stock-car speeds. The hitters say, "Show me" -- and he shows them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: An Old-Timer for All Seasons | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

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