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Word: frigid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cold and snowing. I just told him that there was no way I was walking my daughter home in that kind of weather," Ocon says, recalling one particularly frigid November evening...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis and Lori I. Diamond, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Moms Juggle Schoolwork, Parenting | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...didn't think Jane Fonda had much of a future," Brustein says. "She was not able to tap into her emotions." Brustein says he called her "Frigid Jane...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Theater Fixture Brustein Brings Repertoire to Harvard | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

Reagan Messer, as Tybalt, skillfully portrays the dark vengefulness of the character through sharp jumps and cold, forbidding demeanour. A frigid, severe expression and haughtily up-tilted nose make soloist Nadia Thompson a perfect Lady Capulet, though there is no conceivable reason why her character should be on pointe. Oddly enough, Pelzig throws in a hint of incest between Tybalt and Lady Capulet--maybe it's just the acting, but they certainly seem a little too uncomfortably close throughout the ballet...

Author: By Christiana Briggs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wherefore Art My Choreographer? | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

When Foale was first told of the repair scheme, his silence echoed around the world. "Incredible," he finally muttered. Tsibliyev and Lazutkin groused more openly before assenting to a four-hour "internal" space walk in the frigid, airless and possibly contaminated lab. As one stands by, the other will enter with a flashlight to look for the right wires, moving gingerly in the tight quarters to avoid ripping his bulky space suit. Then they will reseal Spektr with a new hatch fitted with cable ports on either side to complete the electrical circuits to Mir. Foale, meanwhile, will be waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A CLOSE SHAVE IN ORBIT | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

...water beneath its crust. If the radar picks up the telltale echoes of liquid, another spacecraft would be sent to land on Europa. Once there it would release a small cylindrical probe with a heated tip that would melt through the ice layer and propel itself through the frigid ocean, looking for signs of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF MARS | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

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