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Word: cleverness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prize for high school kids to pass up. Sitting in it brought my imagination to life, as if I were its next official guest. My teenage sensibilities told me this was something people should not do to one another, and though my father did not think the escapade clever and made me return the chair to the prison that afternoon, my opposition to the death penalty had been formed. Years later, after I have lived more than a decade in the big city, been mugged at gunpoint, and developed, like most of us, a fear of violent crime, my simplistic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Politicians, Voters and Voltage | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

While Barbara's humor is clever, Bush's can be prep-school puerile. Several weeks ago, at a private dinner at the Chinese embassy, the President-elect brought a novelty gag, a dollar bill attached to a long fishing line that appears to be free for the taking on the floor. When a waiter went for the bait, Bush quickly snatched it out of reach. Bush and his host, the Chinese Ambassador, found the gag great fun. Barbara, whose humor tends to be verbal, rolled her eyes and turned to the Ambassador: "You're going to have your work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Silver Fox | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN. Kim Basinger is an unlikely E.T. and Dan Aykroyd the earthling who humanizes her in a clever fable -- sweet and light enough for the kids, sexy and suspenseful enough for adults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jan. 16, 1989 | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN. Kim Basinger is an unlikely E.T. and Dan Aykroyd the earthling who humanizes her in a clever fable -- sweet and light enough for the kids, sexy and suspenseful enough for mature adults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jan. 9, 1989 | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN. Kim Basinger is an unlikely E.T. and Dan Aykroyd the earthling who humanizes her in a clever fable -- sweet and light enough for the kids, sexy and suspenseful enough for mature adults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Dec. 26, 1988 | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

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