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Word: frowned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...carat diamond has been nestled in the Bananas Foster by a handsome swain under the influence of one too many romantic comedies. As his lovely maiden scoops up the ring, he asks, "Will you marry me?" Her face lights up with joy. But a moment later a slight frown crosses her pretty brow. Looking deep into his eyes, she inquires, "Do you mean really, really marry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TILL DEPOSITIONS DO US PART | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

Whatever the staff's views on the final clubs, it should almost ever applaud violations of student autonomy, and it should therefore frown upon the graduate council's recent decision...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Undergrades Snubbed | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...strained to look casual and turn their necks, owl-like, 180 degrees. A collective concentration fixed in on Hillary, as she stood there painfully aware of her own aura in an airy pale purple suit. She must not have been very pleased with the luncheon options, judging by the frown on her face--and I must say that I agreed with her: a chunky, dry ham and cheese sandwich and a bottle of pulpy juice just don't cut it on a humid, 90-degree...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Just Another Harvard Hopeful | 9/21/1996 | See Source »

...horrible waste of resources," said Jeff C. Tarr '96, the former president of Digitas, a student technology organization. "I frown on it because it is bad e-mail etiquette...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mass E-Mail Causes Outrage | 3/7/1996 | See Source »

...latitude in how they behave in public, women still have to tread a tightrope. Mimic in the mildest form the behavior of a male colleague, and you will be sorry. I know something about this because of the stack of hate mail that arrives if I so much as frown at Robert Novak on CNN's Capital Gang. He can shout me down, insisting I don't know what I'm talking about and be deluged with fan mail. If I go so far as to say "Let me finish," letters arrive about how strident and shrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Public Eye: Muzzle the B Word | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

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