Word: eyebrow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Richardson remains a marvel; we feast on a face that reveals everything with the arch of an eyebrow or the sag of a cheek muscle. His calculated temper tantrums are as believable as the silky menace in his most understated lines ("I couldn't possibly comment"). This is TV's scariest, most alluring villain since J.R. Ewing...
...almost irrational. Obviously, we aren't disturbed by the concept of trying to ensure that a child is the healthiest and the "best" he could possibly be. Increasingly, women are watching what goes into their bodies during pregnancy, refraining from tobacco, alcohol, and even caffeine. No one raises an eyebrow when parents send their children to school early, infusing them with "Hooked on Phonics" and "Reading Rainbow," in an effort to unleash their maximum potential...
...friend stared at me the whole time. As if I were insane. "You're cute, Weiss," he finally said, raising an eyebrow. He called me by my last name. People always call me by my last name when they condescend...
...shock. BOOOM! The fire from the hills is devouring the trailer homes one by one, and each time it hits a propane-fuel tank, a tremendous explosion sends flame and shrapnel into the air. "That's incredible," says Pattengill, 53, a recently laid-off sales manager, raising an eyebrow. He too was stopped at the roadblock, and stayed, mesmerized by the destruction. BOOOM! Finally, a piece of shrapnel lands a few yards from Pattengill. "I think it's time to get out of here," he tells the reporter. "Can you get through to Laguna Beach? I heard from my wife...
...probably a good idea in general, but nothing we haven't heard before. Little gems like, "Whining is a useful technique for getting your own way, because people will just want to shut you up and will give you just about anything," appear designed to provoke first a raised eyebrow and a burst of scandalized laughter, and then a self-indulgent rethinking of how we conduct our quotidian existences...