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Word: grinning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NEITHER the knockout for Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton that pundits had once predicted nor the upset for former California Governor Jerry Brown that seemed possible in the heat of the ugly brawl there. As both candidates limped back to their corners, only Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas had reason to grin: he came in second by staying away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Edges Closer, But Doubts Persist | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

...when Mom or Dad said "Jona," for they wee shortening my name in an affectionate sort of way. But it sure did drive me bonkers when my two little sisters teased and pestered me with it. Soon, relatives an family friends joined the part. Oh well. I decided to grin and bear...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, | Title: Just Don't Call Me Jon | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...little Lego people who sit on our phone always grin, too--even when we replaced their hairpieces with Lego motorcycle antennas and transplanted their heads to their feet...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

...actually tried to reproduce Shiny Happy C-26 in Harvard's somber libraries. During reading period last semester, John Black caught a ride to Lamont in a coat pocket. We read Freud and Civil War history, and he sat aside patiently, his mouth open wide in an ecstatic grin. He wanted us to do well; we're sure of this. We get loving support from all our little toy pals...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

Jonathan Fisher and Nicole Armenta also shine as Bob and Wendy Fate, two Hawaiian-shirt clad, camera carrying tourists on the vacation of life. They grin goofily as they play "tricks" on the rest of the cast, shaping destinies with hand buzzers and squirt guns...

Author: By Phoebe Cushman, | Title: Acting, Direction Make for Lively 'Life' and 'God': | 3/19/1992 | See Source »

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