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Word: gropes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jeffrey is a play too smart for self-pity. But in daring to laugh, then to cry, it reveals itself as a cunning twist on the old-fashioned Broadway-style comedy. It begins with a group grope and ends with a kiss. It is underscored with dreamy, pertinent Gershwin songs (Fascinating Rhythm, Embraceable You, They Can't Take That Away from Me). And it considers, with a wisdom born of irreverence, a genteel old dilemma. Until the pill, a threat of pregnancy ; loomed over any nice young man who considered having sex with someone he loved. Now especially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celibacy, The Safest Sex | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...worry that more past indiscretions will surface. Thanks to Anita Hill, Washington women have greater assurance that their careers will not suffer if they call a powerful boss to order. And experts on sexual harassment are telling them that reporting it early is the best response to an unwanted grope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conduct Unbecoming | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...reviving a sense of common citizenship and civic good, by exalting the notions of public purpose and mutual obligation, America could grope toward a cease-fire in its divisive culture wars. Rather than being rhetorical weapons used to divide the country, such words as values and family could become unifying themes in a quest for common ground. Only then will America begin to cope with poverty, race, welfare, discrimination, abortion and even the deficit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time for Courage | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...Cairo this week to encourage and reward Israel's moderation. Deep political divisions in the Arab world, sharpened by Jordan's decision to side with Saddam Hussein in the gulf war, are responsible for the limp response; Arab leaders do not trust one another and need time to grope toward a common approach to the Rabin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Expectations | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...week the Tailhook Association announced it was canceling the annual event in the wake of an ongoing investigation into sexual harassment that marked last year's four-day gathering. In the midst of running up thousands of dollars in bar bills, a few carousing pilots remained dexterous enough to grope at more than 26 women in the Las Vegas Hilton, sparking a furor that continues to grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grounded | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

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