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Word: sleigh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...rich and poor--rejoice!" Bok looks puzzled, turns and asks, "Who are you--Don't tell me you're a share-the-wealth type!" The guide turns east, stares into the blue, He sees red, then says, "I am Richard Pipes. That man riding forth with car instead of sleigh Believes that conservation is a must But cars--they're part of the American way; He finds his cheer in a handful of rust. His new job he won in a landslide, So now he, not Nick, prepares to ride. He fired all the reindeer--they demanded the minimum wage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Phantasm | 12/18/1980 | See Source »

...bleeding. The next he takes on an odd dignity, refusing to sing Melvin's Christmas carol (Melvin sent in the lyrics to one of those companies that writes music to your words.) Eventually Howard relents; upon threat of eviction from the truck, he sings "Santa's Souped-Up Christmas Sleigh...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Riches and Squalor | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

...time he rescues Hughes, Melvin's hopes for success are focused on a lyric he has written and has had set to music for a $75 fee he cannot really afford. When Melvin insists on singing Santa's Souped-Up Sleigh to Hughes, the thing turns out to be as awful as the title. A little later Dummar's wife Lynda, fed up with the futility of her husband's vague schemes, takes their child and leaves him to find work as a go-go dancer in a topless joint. Outraged, Melvin turns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Desert Dream | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

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