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Word: mum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...accepted "full responsibility" for what some people had begun to call the "Mean Queen Machine." The next step in damage control was to negotiate a deal with the departing duchess: a possible $4 million-plus settlement, along with retention of a noble "courtesy title," in exchange for her keeping mum about life at court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain The Not So Merry Wife of Windsor | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

Tsongas remains very much a player in this election. He refuses to endorse either of the two remaining candidates and is mum about running with Clinton in the fall. In the past, he denied repeatedly any interest in the vice presidency, and those who know him well doubt he is suited to the job. He is supremely independent, and would chafe at the limits of the office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broke But Unbowed | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...folly the right of rich and poor to draw equal retirement stipends. But at least Tsongas is talking about the problem. Clinton has run away. At a dinner in New York City a year ago, Clinton responsibly endorsed Bush's Medicare plan. Since then, however, he's been mum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Who Has the Best Plan for Fixing the Economy? | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...Jacksons, who proved you can never be too rich, too thin, too bleached, too naked, too . . . too Jackson to keep the gossips mum. Just sign a multimedia deal that could bring you a billion (Michael) or a record contract worth $32 million (Janet). Or pose nude in Playboy (La Toya). Or chastise your bro as "reconstructed, been abducted" in a rap song (Jermaine to Michael). Or put crotch shots and a car trashing in your music video (Michael). The worst of it is that on the side, a couple of them (Michael, Janet) make good music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: SHOW BUSINESS | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...Jacksons, who proved you can never be too rich, too thin, too bleached, too naked, too . . . too Jackson to keep the gossips mum. Just sign a multimedia deal that could bring you a billion (Michael) or a record contract worth $32 million (Janet). Or pose nude in Playboy (La Toya). Or chastise your bro as "reconstructed, been abducted" in a rap song (Jermaine to Michael). Or put crotch shots and a car trashing in your music video (Michael). The worst of it is that on the side, a couple of them (Michael, Janet) make good music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

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