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Word: heaps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though decidedly pro-choice myself, I have always understood hard-core pro-lifers. My beliefs tell me that the fetus is more than a heap of placental tissue but by no means a full human life. Therefore, I have the luxury of supporting mothers' "reproductive freedom" and a woman's right to choose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freedom of Choice | 5/8/1996 | See Source »

...York has pushed him through and put him at the top of the heap. Our opponent now is Bill Clinton," said D'Amato, who asked the other candidates to withdraw from the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dole Takes New York Primary With Ease | 3/8/1996 | See Source »

Ultimately, it's the talent and energy of its actors that saves "Savage/Love" from the rubble heap of disposable pseudo-culture. The facile sound and fury of "love with its own mythology, its minor and pointless magic" is made to sound almost meaningful by Tom Giordano's earnest delivery. His scenes, which seem to focus predominantly on insecurity and isolation, evoke not pity but slow admiration for his character's courage...

Author: By Nina Kang, | Title: Ignoble 'Savage' Flails and Fails | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

...USED CAR CAN MAKE the shopper feel as used as the car. The stereotypical sojourn involves a persistent salesman on commission (loud checked sport jacket optional), high-pressure haggling and a persistent anxiety that the buyer was talked into something he or she didn't quite want. Naturally, the heap falls apart in a few weeks, creating a desire for auto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO NEED TO KICK THE TIRES | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

...Bigger Breasts or Else" (Rolonda) and "He Slept with the Baby-Sitter" (Sally Jessy Raphael), there is evidence that there may actually be a limit to what audiences will watch. Last week saw the twin cancellations of Gabrielle Carteris' and Charles Perez's shows; already consigned to the scrap heap are the programs of Carnie Wilson and Danny Bonaduce. Of the eight new shows introduced last year with great fanfare--or at least as much fanfare as could be drummed up for programs built around former stars of Beverly Hills, 90210 and The Partridge Family--only four remain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: OUT WITH THE SLEAZE | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

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