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Word: cold (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from Basic Instinct to Dangerous Creatures, look childish next to the sophisticated eroticism of Kubrick's Lolita--an eroticism created through words and glances and not a single scene of naked flesh. As for violence, a director like Quentin Tarantino is put to shame when one looks at the cold but gleeful presentation of crime and pain in A Clockwork Orange, which was withdrawn from theaters in England...

Author: By David Kornhaber, | Title: KUBRICK: A RETROSPECTIVE | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...Murray painfully illustrates, this feat of daring and desperation did not have the effect Annie desired. Immediately after experiencing the shock and joy of her self-described immaculate rebirth within the Falls, Annie climbs out of the water and is greeted only by cold disbelief and disgust. Instead of a symbol of beauty and hope, the crowd gathered to see her feat finds instead "a woman, short and plain and only slightly bruised,/ moving dizzily among them/ like a fly hatched by mistake in the winter sun." To the crowd gathered and to history itself, Annie was an ugly...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Niagara Falling | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...Yeah, Mom, I'm kind of sick. I have a cold and stuff. (At this point, I thought it wise to refrain from mentioning the fever and the constant fatigue.) I really have...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Sympathy Strikes | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

Everyone I met seemed to have a different reaction to my sickness. From people at the drugstore who could clearly see I was sick (the Robitussin, cough drops, and Cold-Eeze in my basket probably clued them in), to my roommate and friends to everyone involved with Ghungroo, their opinions fell into three distinct categories...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Sympathy Strikes | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

Wind whipped at the ruddy-faced parade watchers during the two-and-a-half-hour ritual, but because of cultural heritage, neighborhood pride or perhaps simple curiosity, crowds seemed oblivious to the cold. They kept warm by dancing impromptu jigs to the incessant sounds of the pipe and drum bands that were part of the festivities, and by marveling at the diversity of the procession's participants...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pipes and Pride in South Boston Irish Parade | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

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