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Word: forget (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...languages. Admittedly, Audrey Hepburn looks marginally better than yours truly in her slinky black dress--after all, she's a statuesque 5'10" to your humble narrator's 5'3". However, I do believe I'm the Holly Golightly spiritually reincarnated as a little Asian girl. We both perpetually forget our keys, are afflicted with fickleness, use "franglais" phrases indiscriminately and maintain a wretched opinion of ex-lovers...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: Endpaper: Play it Again, Sam | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...Then, too, one must never forget the all-pervasive influence of television--the ultimate cultural normalizer. But even with TV, I've foiled modernity by picking Nick at Nite, not MTV, as my channel of choice. As a kid, I spent many happy hours in front of the tube watching "I Dream of Jeannie," "Twilight Zone," "Bewitched," "I Love Lucy," "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Happy Days." In retrospect, it's just as well that I remained relatively oblivious to "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: Endpaper: Play it Again, Sam | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...three languages. Admittedly, Audrey Hepburn looks marginally better than yours truly in her slinky black dress--after all, she's statuesque 5'10" to your humble narrator's 5'3". However, I do believe I'm the Holly Golightly spiritually reincarnated as a little Asian girl. We both perpetually forget our keys, are affected with fickleness, use "franglais" phrases indiscriminately and maintain a wretched opinion of ex-lovers...

Author: By Terry E. E. chang, | Title: Play it again, Sam | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...professional athlete to reap the benefits of stretching. Start by banishing the idea that it has to hurt. The most you should feel is a mild tension. Bob Anderson, a fitness expert in Palmer Lake, Colo., and author of Stretching (Shelter Publications; $13.95), tells his clients to "forget about no pain, no gain. Stretching should be enjoyable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stretch Like Mike | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...hammers it with obviousness. Swoosie Kurtz plays both the "good" sister Myrna, who goes from soda-fountain virgin to Republican matron, and the "bad" Myra, who becomes a radical terrorist. The play depends too heavily on easy pop-cultural cliches and the usual hit parade of nostalgic oldies. Forget the play; bring back Teresa Brewer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Mineola Twins | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

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