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Word: elephantitis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wanda: You argue like a rogue elephant runs, Ralph. Look, Masters and Johnson showed that the clitoral-vaginal debate was irrelevant. There is only one kind of orgasm, and it almost always involves stimulation of the clitoris. It's just that orgasms without that stimulation are rarer and milder than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: On the Trail of the Big O | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

Spielberg's biggest mistake, though, was not resurrecting good ol' black and white film. He would have lost none of Walker's spirituality. And the realism of The Elephant Man or Raging Bull could have been his.

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: The Color Too Purple | 1/31/1986 | See Source »

Arnie Armour, the hot dog mascot, had a wholly different problem, however. He couldn't ride in the parade because the constraints of his costume--an upright frank--made it impossible for him to mount an elephant.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's a Jungle Out There On Cambridge's Streets | 10/16/1985 | See Source »

There's now surprising enthusiasm for creating an entity for which our democracy seemed to have no tolerance whatsoever five years ago. You're witnessing a radical alteration of standards. Just a short time ago, we were talking about the CIA as a rogue elephant whose wicked acts had to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Problems with Retaliation % | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

She wanted to be a musical-comedy star, and "I plan to be a success," said Vanessa Williams after winning the 1984 Miss America title. But the shock of her nude photos in Penthouse nine months later cost her the title and all likelihood of immediate stardom. In the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 24, 1985 | 6/24/1985 | See Source »

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