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Word: gorgeousity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hair volume and color. More than half of the cover of Rebecca Brandewyne's Rainbow's End is gorgeous red hair that would make Sy Sperling weep in envy. Indeed, the woman on these covers is usually a redhead, her carrottop blazing in technicolor glory. This makes sense, since red is the color of fire trucks (read: heat), apples (read: "fall from innocence") and the best-selling shade of lipstick in America (read: sex symbol.) The association is obvious. Blondes are the next most popular, followed by brunettes...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Understanding the Romance Novel | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

...what producer Howard Rosenman was talkingabout in the movie's press release when he saidthat "The story is a reaffirmation of commitmentto basic family values." But this pattern is alsorepeated whenever George is reminded howoutlandishly expensive her wedding will be. TheSilly-Daddy-Doesn't-Want-to-Spring-for-a-Gorgeous-Wedding plot goes like this: First, George hearsbad financial news--the wedding cake will costmore than his first car ($1200); the weddingreception will cost more than his first house($250 a head for 572 guests, $143,000); the churchwill cost extra. Then George histrionically freaksout (the unbuttoned button, the trademark...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Father of the Bride--A Remake With Remade Message | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

Sweet and sentimental and, yes, a little slow, this adaptation of a beloved children's book is gorgeous and Freudianly evocative to look at, melodic and poignant to hear, innocent and hugely satisfying in its emotional climax. The only worthwhile American musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

Sweet and sentimental and, yes, a little slow, this adaptation of a beloved children's book is gorgeous and Freudianly evocative to look at, melodic and poignant to hear, innocent and hugely satisfying in its emotional climax. The only worthwhile American musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991:Theater | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...made peace with and even embraced the fitness cult of California -- although, ironically, he gets more exercise in Manhattan than in L.A. because people actually make a habit of walking in New York City. His latest film, Eating, is about women's struggling with society's message that a gorgeous physique is the ultimate virtue. The movie, says Jaglom, could have been set only in California, where people seem to talk more openly -- and obsessively -- about their bodies than anywhere else. "It's the healthiest thing about this place," says Jaglom, who divides his time between New York ! City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pursuit of Perfection | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

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