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Word: longish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Upon sitting down in the conference room at the Charles Hotel for a brief interview with The Crimson, Alek Keshishian '86 tossed a pack of Marlboro Lights on the table with his left hand and inhaled Primatine Mist with his right. He waggishly shook his longish gray-streaked hair, explaining, "This is for my asthma...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Moira Muses, Patrick Parties and Alek Waxes Floppy | 5/5/1994 | See Source »

...book, which moves around in time, returns periodically to the actual process of writing the book, to the task which Hall must complete. Hall writes, "This morning I began a new longish poem...The poem gives off a posthumous odor." His lack of self-pity, personal style and use of the diary form make his ideas about work an engrossing and fast read. His speech resonates with the same richness of expression, sharpness...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Making Poetry Work: A Conversation with Donald Hall | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

...Chile connoisseurs also extol the virtues of such lesser-known varieties as the smoky chipotle, the fleshy red- brown poblano, the piquant pequin and the sweet-tasting habanero, which is famed, perhaps notorious, for its pure, blazing fire. In New Mexico, the chile-growing capital of the U.S., the longish local variety is often served stuffed with cheese or as a topping for hamburgers and pizza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Like It Hot | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...rest of the play, we could not suppress the images of Jack Tripper tripping over the back of a couch, Felipe the vegetable slicer shouting Spanish curses and Janet hopping around the apartment in nothing but a longish football jersey. In short, we had mentally replaced Lillian Hellman's drama with Three's Company...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three's Company For You | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

...glamour. Shampooed and conditioned, it no longer had the scruffiness of the hippie look, and instead was associated with Old World hipness. "It's safely deviant," explains Michael O'Loughlin, 31, an editor of the San Francisco Examiner, who recently cut off his 6-in. ponytail and got a longish crewcut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Long and Short of It | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

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