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Word: freak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Look," she says, entirely untroubled on the subject, "I don't have a very good education. I'm musically ignorant. I'm intuitive. All I am is a freshness freak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Navigator of the Deep | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

Back home, in East Rockaway, N.Y., Talvy's family watches her no matter what she wears, she says. "My mom will freak out," says Talvy. "She watches it every day, or tapes it every day. She's really adorable...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, | Title: Harvard Dancers 'Funk' on Club | 2/16/1991 | See Source »

...Freak Show:Facing this rash of injuries to blueliners, Harvard Coach Ronn Tomassoni was forced to look to senior Rich DeFreitas, known on the team as "The freak Show." The junior got the call after Sneddon went down at St. Lawrence and skated a few shifts against Clarkson. Last weekend, DeFreitas--who had seen action in only half of the Crimson's first 14 games this year--came up big for Harvard. Skating a regular shift with junior Jim Coady, DeFreitas handled his chances cleanly with few mistakes...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Weisbrod To Miss at Least Three Weeks | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

...WHAT if "U Can't Touch This" reeks of Rick James' "Super Freak"? The song got parties pumping and people jumping. So what if Vanilla Ice never went to high school with 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell? "Ice Ice Baby" got everyone talking and every car stereo in the Square rocking...

Author: By Marc E. Warner, | Title: Lies, Lies Baby | 1/7/1991 | See Source »

...imagine him fitting into mainstream films as it would be to fit his wonderfully preposterous name on a movie marquee. Even after he scored a worldwide hit in his first starring role, as a primeval pillager in Conan the Barbarian, he was still seen as a fluke or a freak. Could this slab of sirloin beefcake act? It hardly mattered. He could fill the film frame superbly. He was also lucky. With the box-office triumph of Star Wars, Hollywood was back in the action- fantasy business. And with producers spending millions on optical gadgetry, Arnold was a bargain: here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Brawn | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

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