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Word: funfest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unexplored territory and knows it. With so much at stake Democrats in Congress are anxious not to be cut out of the process that decides how the report will be handled. And Republicans have to be careful not to let the whole thing look like a partisan funfest. So this week House Speaker Newt Gingrich will hold an unusual meeting with minority leader Dick Gephardt and other members of the House leadership to decide just who gets to see the dirty parts. The House rules committee has already drawn up a proposal that would have Starr's full text sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics Of Yuck | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...science has discovered a morning-after pill to undo last night's unsafe doings. It hasn't. And everybody is concerned that a false message will go out that AIDS has been defeated. With that, they figure, will come a return to the '70s, the whole goatish and unbuckled funfest. The cycle of infection will go wild again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS: HOPE WITH AN ASTERISK | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

...caper, and viewers vote with a three-button pistol grip installed on their armrests. The on-screen tallies are instantaneous, thanks to laser-disc technology, and the majority rules. This first film (soon in seven more theaters), has 68 possible permutations. The result is a high-decibel headache . . . or funfest, depending on your age and inclinations. And if you don't like it the first time, just keep your seat. Maybe next time you'll pick a winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Just Sit There! | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

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