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Word: mittyish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...very rough, and there are some times when you are haunted by a problem for a few days until you know that a decision has to be made and there is no one else to make it but you." Yet he has no regrets, not even a Walter Mittyish twinge to be back in the movies in a juicy wide-screen part. "I thought that I would miss that," he says, referring to his switch from films to politics. Harking back to his days as Governor of California, he recalls, "Nancy and I looked at each other one night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Conversation with Ronald Reagan | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

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