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Word: moans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tabloids quickly dubbed her "Moan-ica" and demanded, "Stop that grunt!" One writer, claiming to have monitored her with a "gruntometer," said the noises coming out of the 18-year-old registered 93 decibels, about what a diesel train would produce. The grunts emitted by Gabriela Sabatini and Jennifer Capriati were deemed dulcet whimpers compared with Monica's. Countered Seles: "I don't think I'm going to win a match because I'm grunting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop That Grunt! | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

...Kincaid said that the Crimson cannot lay all the blame on Mother Nature. "Everyone has to play in the same weather," he said, "so we don't have much right to bitch and moan about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON NOTEBOOK | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

Michelle Shocked's new album, Arkansas Traveler, proves that musicians can make 'em like they used to, and they can do 'em well. Her songs ramble, laugh, moan and cry in a pleasant country and blues style. although harkening back to pre-Rock musical traditions can make for a stale record, Michelle Shocked keeps the intensity level high with quality music and stunning vocals...

Author: By Daniel. J. Sharfstein, | Title: Shocking Stuff from a Modern Day Minstrel | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

...before. Her husband, pale and exhausted, said nothing as he bent down to dab her lips with a moist cloth. After takeoff, the plane rose level with the white tops of the mountains that define Karabakh. The sounds of a war in progress fell away, replaced by the soft moan of one more of its victims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Soviet Union Carnage in Karabakh | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

...Bliss," by Mark O'Donnell, portrays a couple about to be trapped in the institution of marriage. The script contains an innovative comedic twist: it is composed entirely of Freudian slips. The prissy Jane (Jane Sperling) and her luggish fiancee Dink (Ron Weiner) coo at each other about becoming "moan and woof" and their upcoming "hiney-moon" in "A Frantic City." Jane must reject her "old toy-friend" Jerry, played by the slouching, smooth-talking Brent Johnstone, as must Dink shun the advances of Pam Shores' provocative Alas, before the couple can properly appreciate "encaged" life...

Author: By Phoebe Cushman, | Title: Acting, Direction Make for Lively 'Life' and 'God': | 3/19/1992 | See Source »

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