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Word: cabana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Houses are nice things. I think I'd like to have one high on a cliff somewhere, overlooking my own private stretch of beach. I don't want to be ostentatious--a twenty or thirty-room cabana would...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: When the Thought Really Counts | 12/18/1993 | See Source »

...movies that have since been lost, for re-makes of original films, and for foreign movies starring African-American actors. Most are accompanied by a passage explaining their significance. There are six distinct versions of Uncle Tom's Cabin, including one for cartoonist Tex Avery's "Uncle Tom's Cabana" in which, it is ironically pointed out, "liberties taken with the original story permit Uncle Tom to be run over with a steamroller and cut in half with a sawmill blade...

Author: By Alexis G. Averbuck, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NOTHING BUT A MOVIE? | 1/29/1993 | See Source »

...neither saints nor bumblers, and their offspring are among the few TV teens who actually seem capable of reaching ethical decisions on their own. Best of all, viewers can take a vicarious peek at Beverly Hills decadence while keeping their moral distance. When Brandon lands a dream job as cabana boy at a swank beach club, he is forced to quit his low-paying job at a diner without giving advance notice, much to his boss's dismay. After wrestling with his conscience, Brandon returns to the diner and offers to stay another week. No problem, says the owner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cute And Peppy in Beverly Hills | 7/22/1991 | See Source »

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