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Word: ectoplasmic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...airline tycoon Al Checchi and Representative Jane Harman. Davis, the state's solid but uninspiring lieutenant governor, was ignored by pundits and written off by insiders who are convinced that California has entered the age of the "virtual campaign," in which elections are won and lost solely in the ectoplasm of television ads. According to this theory, Californians don't follow politics, and the local news media barely cover it--so hiring hot consultants and buying maximum TV time is all that counts. It seemed the primary would be a shootout between Harman, an astute but little-known politician whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can't Buy their love | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...interior of the White House, even the walls are 20th century. The mattress is no treat; the furniture is lugubrious Victorian; and for good measure the place is supposed to be haunted. Winston Churchill is said to have sighted Lincoln's ghost. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands reported an ectoplasm in a stovepipe hat. Bill Clinton thought he saw some easy dollars. He must have been mistaken. They weren't that easy after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STEP RIGHT UP | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox), ghostbuster con-artist extraordinaire, has some kooky spirit friends and some naughty spirit enemies, most notably the Soul Collector himself. Also, there's lots of special effects--people passing through walls, ectoplasm accidents, anatomically unstable ghosts. People are dying, and Bannister, who is the only one who can see the ghosts and those marked for death, must find out why, with the help of special effects. He also has an Andie-MacDowell-lookalike friend, Lucy Lynskey (Trini Alvarado), and, enhanced by special effects, things quickly go awry. In addition, the possibility of the existence...

Author: By Nicholas R. Rapold, | Title: Latest Fox Flick Is Abominable | 7/23/1996 | See Source »

There's a ghost judge whom we get to see demonstrating how he thinks his ectoplasm has not dried up after...

Author: By Nicholas R. Rapold, | Title: Latest Fox Flick Is Abominable | 7/23/1996 | See Source »

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