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Word: cubical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...family mansion. Though she is desperate to partake of the Burtons' world of wealth and good teeth, she can't get the hang of it. She is clever enough to have an affair with Reese's thick-necked fiance, but all she manages to get is a bracelet of cubic zirconium. There is pathos here because, deep down inside, Peyton is just a pained little girl. We know this because there is a teddy bear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: GARDEN OF GOOD AND TRASHY | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

...Black Coffee" is a harmless, sometimes unnerving look at the kind of lives we could be leading in a year or two. While most of the play is decent, it's not quite the "diamond in the midst of cubic zirconia" the play's posters claim...

Author: By Emily J. Wood, | Title: 'Coffee' Is Harmless Drink | 11/9/1995 | See Source »

SUED. STEPHEN MEYERS, half of Jacoby & Meyers, the chain legal partnership that peddles litigation like cubic zirconia; by LEONARD JACOBY, the other half; for breach of partnership, fraud and emotional distress; in Los Angeles. Jacoby wants $2 million from his partner of 23 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 30, 1995 | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

...Apollo moon missions, from 1967 to 1972, provided cubic tons of melodrama, from the explosion of the Apollo 1 test module that killed three astronauts to Neil Armstrong's buoyant lunar stroll from Apollo 11. The apogee of American know-how and teamwork, the program could, at the flick of a wrong switch, careen from triumph to tragedy. In this job, success meant you forged the ultimate frontier; failure meant you died with the whole world watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: HELL OF A RIDE | 7/3/1995 | See Source »

Hundreds of rosaries line the showcases--Austrian crystal with rhodium finish, cubic zirconia or sterling silver and semi-precious stones. Depending on the size of your wallet or the extent of your piety, you can choose a rosary for less than a dollar or more than...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Cashing in on Christ | 3/4/1995 | See Source »

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