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Word: nauseum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pale in comparison with those of the camera work. What could Martin have been thinking? One despairs of him. His goal seems to have been to cause the viewer headache instead of render a harmonious picture of 19th-century society, for the camera darts about in a peripatetic ad nauseum of rapid-fire montage as if it were affixed to the neck of a hummingbird. Again and again, its strategy is to alight on one item after another--a glove, a calling card, a painting, a bauble--until it seems that Martin is just showing off his assemblage of period...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: The Age of Broken Promises | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

From interviews with lowly college reporters in February to a prominent place in MTV's heavy rotation (ad nauseum) by Spring Break. The instant success of their first single and video "Everything about You" must have taken Ugly Kid Joe by surprise...

Author: By Rita L. Berardino, | Title: Did Someone Say Red Hot Chili Peppers? | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

These optimistic messages may be uplifting, but they recur ad nauseum, even to the point of dragging the show down a bit. Though the first few scenes are slow to get going, the pace eventually picks up for a successful show, nonetheless...

Author: By Amanda Silber, | Title: Star-Studded Cast Big Draw For Man of La Mancha at the Colonial Theater in Boston | 3/20/1992 | See Source »

Harvard's a great school, and The Crimson ought to know it. The reponse repeatedly emphasizes the high level of achievement among Harvard's admitted classes. It brags about Merit Scholars, Westinghouse Science winners, Putnam Mathematics stars, Rotary, Fulbright and Marshall winners, ad nauseum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admissions for Fun and Profit: Why Byerly Hall Won't Tell All | 11/27/1990 | See Source »

...announcer repeated the messages ad nauseum during the Big Green's 17-0 obliteration of the Crimson. Stay off the field. Please stay off the field. Pretty, pretty please stay off the field...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: The Dartmouth 'Shmen That Bamboozled the Harvard Band | 10/30/1990 | See Source »

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