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Word: gooey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kind of oil carried by the Braer: a light variety called Gullfaks, which, unlike other crudes, resists taking up water and forming a stable emulsion. The viscosity of most crudes causes them to form hard, tight masses that are difficult to break up. The tar balls and gooey globs that plagued Alaska have not appeared in the Shetlands because of the peculiar nature of Gullfaks. Says Dan Lawn, an environmental engineer who works in Prince William Sound: "When I flew over the site in the Shetlands, I was astounded to see that the oil was not sticking to the beaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resilient Sea | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

...them-Bell does. The high point of the album comes on "Take A Chance on Me," where he leaves the lyrics behind and babbles a blissful "ba ba ba ba." And the concept is hilarious: Erasure is just a latter-day incarnation of ABBA, after all--they're both gooey, disco-ey, selfparodying pop groups. Thus this album is self-parody to the second degree at least. It's a tongue-in-cheek overdose of corn, and it's cool...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Dig This Fluffy, Funky Groove | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

Steve's ice cream is less gooey than Herrell's,and is thicker and harder--spoonbreaking hard, asone of our reviewers discovered. Although some ofthe flavors were disappointingly icy, most had asurprisingly balanced taste--neither too strongnor too weak...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Herrell's Tops the Square | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

...Blue Angel, a stone's throw from Times Square. 4) Sip an oversize Manhattan -- the cocktail of choice for sophisticated Gothamites -- at Theater East. 5) Adam's Apple offers salad, shrimp, chicken and ice cream -- cafeteria food at its most authentic! 6) At the Village Gate, savor the gooey goodness of the Fluffernutter sandwiches, just like Mom used to make -- in a brown paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Come to The Cabaret! | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

...paradise that has suddenly been transformed into an environmental inferno. Across the land hundreds of orange fireballs roar like dragons, blasting sulfurous clouds high into the air. Soot falls like gritty snowflakes, streaking windshields and staining clothes. From the overcast skies drips a greasy black rain, while sheets of gooey oil slap against a polluted shore. Burned-out hulks of twisted metal litter a landscape pockmarked by bomb craters, land mines and shallow graves scraped in the sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environmental Damage: A Man-Made Hell on Earth | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

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