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Word: garbed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the notable exception of Esme Howard's Rikki Roma, the acting is as unfulfilling as the plot. Roma's ferocity, acted with sultry urbanity, and her sharp Chanel-esque garb provide the only brightness on a stage populated by unengaging and apparently unengaged characters (typified by the thoroughly uncommitted acting of Steve Wardell playing Sergeant Baylen. Thankfully, his part is quite small...

Author: By William TATE Dougherty, | Title: Glengarry Gets Old | 3/25/1993 | See Source »

...lead-off performance, the "Bhrat Natyam," or invocation dance, featured a single female dancer, Suchitra Natarajan of MIT, in traditional Indian garb. Natarajan synchronized her footsteps to the beat of a drum. The rattle of the ghungroo--bells worn on her ankles--echoed the tempo of the song...

Author: By Francis Chang, | Title: SAA Puts On Show | 2/27/1993 | See Source »

Soren's attire is a far cry from typicalreporters' garb: she wore black pants, black bootsand a floppy printed blouse with floppy sleevesand rufles. (Her unprofessional appearance got herstopped by a security guard at the Astrodomeentrance; the guard gave her a special once-overwith a hand-held metal detector...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: MTV Targets Younger Voters | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

With his kitchen-knife physique, sour face and a hairdo resembling a road-kill toupee, Lyle Lovett looks like a serial killer in Southern Baptist preacher's garb. That must be what inspired Robert Altman to cast the singer as a spooky detective in The Player. Anatomy is destiny in modern show biz, so it doesn't hurt Lovett that he looks like his songs. He could be a death-row denizen musing about the ends of life and love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lone Star Gothic | 6/15/1992 | See Source »

...this, we don't anything musically definitive to say about alternative music. It is a garb bag of everything from blissed-out synthetic psychedelia redux to grundge guitar bands and thrash. Truth be told, it's pretty ad hoc. The closest we can get to a description bears a striking resemblance to the Army Crops of Engineers' definition of a wetland: We'll know it when...

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: Of the "Not" Generation: Notes of an Alternative Music fan | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

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