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Word: cheeking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Face" is easily the worst song on the album. With its soupy, predictable melody. "Face" would serve as a good sound-track for the sequel of Return of the Black Stallion Meets Chariots of Fire. You know, for the beach scene. Although Albrecht shows that his tongue is in cheek when he ends a set of mystical pseudo-poetry with the kicker, "Why don't you piss off," he is not quite as immune from shlock as he would have us believe...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Hype or Substance? | 8/5/1983 | See Source »

...infringing human and civic rights." Although the authorities have promised to investigate the event, Poles expect no results. When the Pope spotted the dead boy's mother in a crowded Warsaw church, he spoke to her softly for several moments, then embraced her and kissed her on the cheek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of the Native | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

...have a nasty habit of . . . surviving," sneered Kamal Khan as perplexity twitched in his left cheek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Bond Wagon Crawls Along | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

...Cupid Gets Stupid." Among his guidelines: do not compliment women for wearing appropriate business dress; be sure to tell your employer if you are bringing a gay lover to a formal company occasion. Mazzei offers a couple of pages of suggestions on the issue of a kiss on the cheek, warning that it can often end up with "a clash of eyeglass frames and a lot of confusion." When conducting an office affair, Mazzei recommends discretion and closed doors. He suggests that anyone who walks in on two co-workers should beat a hasty retreat and pretend that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Office Etiquette | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

...remember when I saw you in a high chair," one little girl was told with the pinch of her cheek. "So what?" she demanded, pulling her color-coded class cap further down over her eyes...

Author: By David M. Handelman, | Title: Join the Crowd | 6/8/1983 | See Source »

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