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Word: handkerchief (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hand, my colleague's view of Sinatra as scourge of baby boomers--the anti-Judy Collins, if you will--is a crude caricature of a complex artist, as reductive as any neo-swinger's fetishistic prattling about the man's way with a pocket handkerchief. On the other hand, it is a caricature I too used to believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANK SINATRA: The Singer | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...emotionally draining movement, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor alike seemed to rejoice in the relaxed, waltz-like pace of the gargantuan Scherzo. The introduction of bells and intricate spiccato/pizzicato sections augmented the diversity of texture in the third movement, whose screaming finale prompted Gatti to take a handkerchief from his packet and wipe his cheek before proceeding into the final two movements of Mahler's fifth symphony...

Author: By Andrea H. Kurtz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Devil Inside Mr. Gatti: How to Make an Audience Faint | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...shocked this morning on the train to see the man sitting across from me having a beer at 9:30 a.m. to accompany the morning paper. Last week, I was surprised to see two grandmothers going home after a summer festival sipping cans of beer wrapped in dainty Japanese handkerchief. There are even beer vending machines on every street corner...

Author: By Amy M. Rabinowitz, | Title: Japan's Surprises and Wonders | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...Mountain," in Persia 900 years ago--mastered the basic law of terror: that even the smallest threat can ripple out to touch those a thousand miles away. Iago gave us the evidence: plant uncertainty in a shaky mind, and suspicion spreads like blood across a handkerchief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOST MAGIC | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

...late '70s and early '80s. In one segment John Waite performs his only hit single, Missing You, wearing a gauze scarf and looking like David Duchovny digitally reinserted into a Wham! video. If that isn't diverting enough, there are always plenty of women dancing in handkerchief skirts while Dick Clark plays his role of well-preserved geezer-voyeur to a tee. Chatting up a perky audience member with feathered hair, he marvels, "Now how do you do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: ULTRASUEDE IS FUNNY | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

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