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Word: aversive (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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The irony is that Freaks, the least strenuously hip of the shows, may stand the strongest chance of controversy. The "freaks" of the title are Led Zeppelin-listening Midwestern burnouts who smoke--not just tobacco, of course. "The show will never be pro pot," executive producer Judd Apatow avers. "But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Their Major Is Alienation | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Or, as Dr. Jeffrey Katz, a rheumatologist at Brigham & Women s Hospital, avers, "there is an emotional and psychological component to all illnesses." RSIs are no exception. Podolsky s own experience with RSI-she is slowly recovering from a case she developed last spring-has made her think beyond a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Nick of Time | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

Felix, who leads a tame existence churning out book after book about "frustrated middle-class lives," is unprepared to suddenly receive some vaguely threatening communications from Gavin, a shadowy character who introduces him to Miriam. Mirry avers that Felix fathered her son Ian a decade ago, and Felix, hard-pressed...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Murphy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Little Mystery to a Lighthearted 'Underworld' | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

Another chapter is hurtling toward what its author hopes will be a breathtaking close. Storm clouds are gathering, foreshadows lengthening. You are firmly in the grip of what the book jacket avers is "Stephen King's boldest exercise in terror." Your eye skips to the bottom of the page, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: STEPHEN KING: MONSTER WRITER | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

This hunger is quite evident in a personality whose idea of recreation is getting behind the wheel of his BMW and outmaneuvering New York City taxi drivers. "Driving here is wonderful," he avers, "especially if you want to go fast. There's nothing greater than starting at 125th and Second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DILLER DOING IT HIS WAY | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

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