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Word: dragging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although, as a columnist, I am required by law not to substantiate my opinionated assertions, I will offer you proof that drag is king (or, I suppose, queen) of the movies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Transvestites in the Cinema | 10/14/1994 | See Source »

Transvestitism is nothing new in Tinseltown. Dustin Hoffman won raves for his performance as a soap opera leading lady in "Tootsie." Marilyn Monroe wasn't the only one in a dress in "Some Like It Hot." Eric Idle of Monty Python fame brought drag to a new level by putting on a habit in "Nuns on the Run." During "Belle Epoque," the 1993 Academy Award winner for best foreign film, we got a chance to see what the hero looked like in a frock (rather fetching, as it turned out, but really not his color). And there are many, many...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Transvestites in the Cinema | 10/14/1994 | See Source »

...they ever wish they could cut out drama from musical theater altogether. I think I saw some pretty great talent on the stage of Schlemiel the First last night, but I cannot be sure because all their greatness was scattered amidst the feeble plot threads they were forced to drag along behind them...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Tuneful Shlemiel Quite a Schlep | 10/6/1994 | See Source »

...experience is that you have to get into the dorms and drag students out to vote," said Wolf, who campaigned for Bachrach yesterday morning at the Peabody School in Cambridge. "When there's an issue that hits the students, that gets a lot of students voting...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: Students Scarce, Turnout Low at Campus Voting Precincts | 9/21/1994 | See Source »

However long the O.J. Simpson proceedings drag on, some bedeviling questions may never be answered. One important unknown, however, has always been guaranteed a resolution, even before the opening bell of the trial. To wit: Would the prosecution, rolling high, try for the death penalty, or would it lower the stakes -- and possibly raise the chances of conviction -- by demanding mere life imprisonment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Circus | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

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