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Word: forlorn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Forlorn Harvard souls sought answers to life's questions as they flocked to A Night of Life and God last week in the Harvard Union...

Author: By Phoebe Cushman, | Title: Acting, Direction Make for Lively 'Life' and 'God': | 3/19/1992 | See Source »

Sally: There's a serene college-age couple in the Pacific Ocean and a forlorn businessman striking poses in the Antarctic. The whole Eastern hemisphere is occupied by a clique of stationary women in black spandex and chiffon...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: Metropolis' Middle-Age Mix | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

...emotional attachment to his material. It's just that he has chosen the wrong way to demonstrate it. In effect, he has spoiled his brainchild rotten. Hook is not bratty, which might at least have been fun. It's stuffy, like one of those overdressed rich kids, standing forlorn in the corner at a party, afraid of ripping his clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spoiled Brainchild | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

...architectural jewel of the Adriatic that has been under siege since Oct. 1, 50,000 civilians spent last week huddled in underground cellars and shelters while shells tore apart their matchless city. With potable water and food in ever diminishing supply, terrified Yugoslavs subsisted on powdered milk and the forlorn hope that the international community might finally come to their rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yugoslavia The Human Cost of War | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...lovable ex-con Johnny (Al Pacino) may come on to rumpled beauty Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer) in a workplace seduction straight out of Anita Hill's nightmares, but he's really a sweet guy who can make a cactus bloom. Pacino plays Johnny as if he is New York: pushy, forlorn, indomitable. And Pfeiffer, laying claim to the title of Hollywood's most accomplished stunner, is every skeptic who tried vainly to fight off the city's spell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dead End on Sesame Street | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

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