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Word: lightweight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...School. He worked for Robert Morgenthau in the district attorney's office, had trouble passing his bar examination, frequented downtown night spots and figured in gossip columns. He was a magically handsome young man, irresistible to women--"the hunk," the press called him. People dismissed him as a charming lightweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brought Up to Be a Good Man | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...hoped the latest advanced photo system cameras would solve my problem. As leery as I am of APS film, whose most obvious distinction is its high price, I'm tempted by the cameras' handy, lightweight designs. Because the cartridge is smaller than 35 mm and the film requires no threading, the cameras can be very compact. They take pictures in three sizes and replace negatives with a single contact sheet that displays thumbnail images of an entire roll at a glance. So I decided to put three brand-new models from Canon, Konica and Minolta to the test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flawed Gems | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...very least. "This is a visual culture, a television culture, a culture that appreciates beauty," says TIME People editor Michelle Orecklin. And as pundits looking back scramble to dismantle the "hunk" image ? John cared about the underprivileged, John cared about serious political issues, John was wise, and no lightweight ? note that those are not policy wonks tromping through lower Manhattan to leave notes and flowers on John and Carolyn?s North Moore Street doorstep. Overwhelmingly, they are the ones who bought the publications that plastered his face on the front page, again and again, and told the stories of John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What If John Kennedy Jr. Had Looked Like Prince Charles? | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

...again! How many Compassionately Conservative Republicans with no foreign-policy experience can we afford to have as President? Remember Ronald Reagan's jelly beans and cue cards? Now we have a telegenic, Teflon-coated, lightweight candidate who is known for having an office almost bereft of books. The core of Campaign 2000 is the candidacy of Bill Bradley. JOAN BAUER Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 12, 1999 | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

That is not to mention that heavily-favored Princeton, previously the No. 1 lightweight crew in the country, finished in a dismal sixth with a time of 5:47.7. Also, Columbia, believed to be Princeton's top challenger, finished in fifth...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lights Win IRAs | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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