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Word: dishpan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...absolutely clear about this: if you can see through it, it's got to be good. Take underarm deodorants. There's Ban Clear and Mennen Lady Speed Stick Crystal Clean. No more of that opaque green stuff. Dishpan hands these days go for Procter & Gamble's lucid Liquid Ivory -- clear soap in a clear bottle -- over white Ivory detergent. Booze? Vodka is in, or maybe a glass of light white wine, or a beer in a clear glass bottle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Clear Alternative | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

...Moonlighting -- coming together, going apart, ever off balance -- but without the humor or irony. Every single movement of the two characters is chronicled, like a time-motion study. When Catherine is done preparing a meal and cleaning it up, a recurring activity, the reader is left exhausted and with dishpan hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Untrue Love | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

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