Word: gettin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...probation. Nor does he make any reference to the Review column, entitled "Dis sho' ain't no jive, bro" that brought on the wrath of the administrator. "Today, the 'ministration be slashin' dem free welfare lunches for us po' students," the column read. "How we 'posed to be gettin' our GPAs up when we don't be havin' no food?" In a moment of calm hubris Hart titles the chapter describing the birth of the Review, "All the Truth That's Fit to Print," Hardly...
...postal card last week from some %- folks I know out in Hollywood, California. Seems they went there to make a motion picture and wound up gettin' their grits fried by a Florida boy name of Burt Reynolds and that lil ole big ole gal from Tennessee Dolly Parton. Leastways that's how they tell it. I figger it another way: If you plan to go to Hollywood you better be ready to Go Hollywood. But you decide for yer own self...
...Gettin' ecstatic an' sorta dramatic...
...streets hangin' out an' gettin' high," says Baby Love. He is a very skinny, very small, very lethal 14-year-old. His eyes are slate gray, flashing to blue when he laughs. Mischief is etched across his face as a bittersweet smile. Like his crew, he is dressed in mugger's uniform: designer jeans, T shirt and $45 Pumas, the starched laces neatly untied. A wolf in expensive sneakers, Baby Love is a school dropout, one of more than 800,000 between the ages...
...Pink Lip stick. Hasbro offers a Fresh 'n Fancy kit that allows the girls to mix their own makeup colors. The prices of these play cosmetics range from $1 for a small locket containing lip gloss to about $18 for an elaborate makeup set from Ideal called the Gettin' Pretty Beauty Boutique...