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Word: hug (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were when Fred Brown threw the ball to James Worthy and got a consoling hug from John Thompson. When Brown got a victory hug two years later. It was when Akeem wallowed in misery on the floor in Albuquerque, after Lorenzo Charles slammed home his answer to the Derek Whittenburg prayer. As big an upset as Villanova's, two year's later...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Daddy? What Were Sports in The 80s Like? | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Bush arrived to a bear hug from Arias, and officials announced a tentative agreement that will allow Costa Rica to reduce its $4.5 billion foreign debt burden by $1 billion. Arias said the agreement would reduce debt service by two-thirds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush, Latin Leaders Celebrate Democracy | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

...from mental- health experts and TV critics alike. It takes a real grouch to offer a dissent. But even nongrouches may squirm at the sugarcoating this subject has received. Except for a few taunting schoolmates, Corky is drenched in love and support. Life Goes On may have the highest hug-a-minute ratio of any show in TV history. His parents (Bill Smitrovich and Patti LuPone) are unfailingly wise and patient. Only his blunt younger sister (Kellie Martin) worries occasionally about being embarrassed by her brother in school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Reflections of A Real Grouch | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

MOST of all, there's Valvano, professor of "the Art of the Big Con 101." A liar, a cheat, a turncoat, a PR mastermind--this is not the funny loudmouth we saw on CBS looking for someone to hug after winning the NCAA championship...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Scandals Off the Court With Jim Valvano's N.C. State | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

Waiting in the Columbus airport were about 100 people, including Adams' mother Mildred, a retired supervisor at a home for retarded children, and friends from her Baptist church with yellow ribbons around their necks. Adams plowed through the crowd to hug his mother and then the teary-eyed Morris. At the press conference, Adams' sister whispered in his ear that Texas had decided not to retry him. He squeezed his mother's hand so tightly his knuckles turned white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recrossing The Thin Blue Line | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

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