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Word: midwestern (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...irony is that Freaks, the least strenuously hip of the shows, may stand the strongest chance of controversy. The "freaks" of the title are Led Zeppelin-listening Midwestern burnouts who smoke--not just tobacco, of course. "The show will never be pro pot," executive producer Judd Apatow avers. "But every time a kid smokes pot, you can't show him coughing and retching and losing his mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Their Major Is Alienation | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

What a fantastic specimen. This pair seems to be Midwestern. Kansas perhaps? Certainly an enjoyable breed, but I would rather see a Texan. I like them a little louder with more garish clothing...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, | Title: A Native's Guide to Tourist-Watching | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

While Lewis was enjoying Midwestern dining, Knowles was returning from a post-Commencement tour of Asia...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Administrators Take a Summer Break | 7/16/1999 | See Source »

While Lewis was enjoying Midwestern dining, Knowles was returning from a post-Commencement tour of Asia. He said his trip to Japan, Hong Kong and China was mostly spent on of University business...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Administrators Travel Near and Far | 7/16/1999 | See Source »

...Bash--she plays a woman who confesses to a horrific crime, yet by the end you want to give her a sympathetic hug. Sitting at a starkly lit table, apparently in a police station, Calista Flockhart doesn't take long to shed her Ally affectations. Talking in a flat Midwestern twang, she recounts with grueling matter-of-factness how she was seduced by a teacher at age 13, had a baby, was abandoned by him and took revenge by...well, the playlet is called Medea Redux. Enough said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Ally in the Shadows | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

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