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Word: brightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best in the crunch. When disaster struck in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, those who saw her said she was tearless, perhaps spacy, "with a 50-yard stare." But she knew what she had to do to fulfill her commitment to her husband, her children and her country. Her bright pink suit was soiled with blood and gray matter, but she would not change it or leave John F. Kennedy's body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jacqueline Onassis: A Profile in Courage | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

Never mind that his precious "recognition" might be expedited if the lazy pseudo-intellectuals at 21 South Street bothered to take time out from ponderous autohagiography to distribute their magazine with any consistency; the prodgious talent that shines forth from the dingy building is so bright that the rest of us should have the good sense to seek it out on our own time and at our own expense, as though that rickety, infested partyrental fire-traps were some poetic Lourdes...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DARTBOARD | 5/20/1994 | See Source »

...Very Bright...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Breyer Nominated For High Court | 5/16/1994 | See Source »

...very bright, he is welltrained, he hasgreat judicial experience and he brings anexpertise to the court that will complement thevirtues of the people already there," Clark said...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Breyer Nominated For High Court | 5/16/1994 | See Source »

...apartment and talked his father into bankrolling Melody, a movie based on that script. He skipped summer camp and went to London to make tea and run errands for the filmmakers. Puttnam, the producer, remembers him wearing the same tie-dyed shirt and jeans every day. "He was very bright, incredibly tenacious and learned very fast -- a very decent kid who has never been short with his opinions. He was absolutely determined to do things on his own." Edgar Jr., who acquired the nickname "Efer" -- he even named a company Efer Productions -- came back to New York long enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dress Rehearsal, Or Opening Night? | 5/16/1994 | See Source »

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