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Word: insipid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...childish come together. Is it any surprise then that it led to an infantile apocalypse, one part applesauce, one part phenobarbital? Look at the Heaven's Gate Website. Even as it warns about the end of the world, you find a drawing of a space creature imagined through insipid pop dust-jacket conventions: aerodynamic cranium, big doe eyes, beatific smile. We have seen the Beast of the Apocalypse. It's Bambi in a tunic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LURE OF THE CULT | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...park, Roger and Pongo fall in love with Anita (Joely Richardson) and Perdita. They hold a double wedding and soon Perdita gives birth to 15 Dalmatian puppies. Daniels and Richardson play these potentially corny scenes with deadpan sincerity, making the parallels between canine and human love amusing rather than insipid. The always-reliable and lovable Joan Plowright also appears as the couple's nanny...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: Devil's Dementia Serves as Twisted Inspiration For Disney's New Live-Action '101 Dalmatians' | 12/6/1996 | See Source »

...wasting a lot of time tonight," said council President Robert M. Hyman '98, who characterized much of the debate as "a lot of insipid trash [coming] from both sides...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houses Will Receive Grants From Council | 11/12/1996 | See Source »

However, the next debate will be held in a "town hall" format, which decreases the possibility that the candidates will face tough questions or follow-up queries. The American people will probably have to choose the lesser of two evils after listening to a mind-numbing collection of insipid cliches and metaphors about bridges...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Candidates Should Address Issues | 10/15/1996 | See Source »

...Most of us do not have catastrophe-magnet assistants afflicted with a taste for awful vintage clothing like the architects on last year's unfunny Partners. And most of us do not seek inspiration by unfurling toilet paper all over our desks like the copywriters on last season's insipid ad-world sitcom Good Company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: DICK MORRIS, BUT PERKIER | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

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