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Word: stools (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...health center believes that cafeteria workers carried the salmonella bacteria into two dining halls, Fuchs said, adding that 30 workers had positive stool test results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salmonella Food Poisoning Infects 140 At Northeastern | 10/17/1981 | See Source »

...death, Tommy Hearns has taken a terrific beating in the sixth and seventh stanzas. The bell rings, bringing an end to Leonard's assault. Tommy Hearns turns and starts towards his corner. But the Motor City Cobra looks more like a newborn gazelle as he wobbles to his stool. Depression...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: Hearns: A Hero Fallen | 9/18/1981 | See Source »

...woman stared at Nunheim dully and said, "I don't like crooks, and even if I did. I wouldn't like crooks who are stool pigeons, and even if I liked crooks who are stool pigeons. I wouldn't like you." Dashiell Hammett, The Thin...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: A Continental Op | 7/21/1981 | See Source »

...Heard Indian Museum, which holds an annual and overcrowded handcraft sale, her son Scott wanted one item badly but had broken his leg in a skiing accident. Instead of using her clout to bypass a long line of buyers, his mother spent several hours sitting on a camp stool to await her turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brethren's First Sister: Sandra Day O'Connor, | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

...supreme court: "He comes off as so real that jurors trust him. They have to decide which side to be on, and if he wants to be your friend, you can barely resist him." Spence likes to illustrate his arguments with graphic props, such as an old milking stool whose legs he removes, one by one, to show how his opponent's case collapses without certain supports. He also favors folksy sayings like "You've got to get the hogs out of the spring if you want to get the water cleared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Fastest Gun in the West | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

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