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Word: gagged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Translation: They mistakenly squeezed the hell out of my perfectly normal uvula, causing it to swell up and me to gag...

Author: By Arianne R. Cohen, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE: Considering Rhinoplasty? | 7/6/2001 | See Source »

...they work because they are funny, their plot tensions taut, their characters persuasive. The heady promise of Pixar's Monsters, Inc. (due in November) is the creation of character comedy that moves faster than the speed of live action. Don't blink, or you'll miss a great gag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There a Cure for Ani-Mania? | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...enjoy some of the ideas of "2024." Rall is smart and intuitive in a vicious sort of way. His running gag of business minutiae as the new entertainment feels dead on. Likewise it's funny when Winston reacts to Channel 101 being "the worst thing in the world," with that meaningless, fully-corpratized hipster catchphrase, "That's cool." But the book lacks the central values of human decency which made it matter that Winston Smith of "1984" came to scrawl "2+2=5" into the dust of his cafe table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future Is Now, Unfortunately | 6/8/2001 | See Source »

...really? What do Andrew, 15, and Caroline, 11, deserve? A Dad who trashes their mother? After Giuliani's estranged wife Donna Hanover asked a judge to bar Nathan from visiting Gracie Mansion, the official residence (where the family still lives), and argued against a gag order in the case, Giuliani unleashed his lawyer Raoul Felder. Starting on Mother's Day, no less, Felder called Hanover an "uncaring mother" who stayed in a dead marriage for "twisted motives." Though her lawyer Victor Kovner says the couple agreed that Hanover should continue living in Gracie Mansion until her apartment is available, Felder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Grace At Gracie Mansion | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...really? What do Andrew, 15, and Caroline, 11, deserve? A Dad who trashes their mother? After Giuliani's estranged wife Donna Hanover asked a judge to bar Nathan from visiting Gracie Mansion, the official residence (where the family still lives), and argued against a gag order in the case, Giuliani unleashed his lawyer Raoul Felder. Starting on Mother's Day, no less, Felder called Hanover an "uncaring mother" who stayed in a dead marriage for "twisted motives." Though her lawyer Victor Kovner says the couple agreed that Hanover should continue living in Gracie Mansion until her apartment is available, Felder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Grace At Gracie Mansion | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

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