Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...image of Reagan today, in decline under Alzheimer's, is poignant and surreal. "He will rake leaves from the pool for hours, not understanding that they are being surreptitiously replenished by his Secret Service men." When Reagan acknowledged his ailment in 1994, many who had been struck by his odd driftiness during the White House years began to wonder whether it had been the disease beginning its assault on his brain. Morris is adamant in opposing that view. "To those readers who will seize on this as evidence of incipient dementia in the White House, I reply...
...gender relations might seem odd to you, but it was normal for the 1950s," she said. "There was a 'dean of women,' women had parietal rules that were different from parietal rules...
...little trouble, because his inflexion was a bit odd," said David A. Crych '03, "but you get used to it after a while...
...recent years, the business of Hollywood and the entertainment industry has almost become as fascinating as the creative output itself. You might see a doctor reading Daily Variety on the T, or perhaps a teenager memorizing the new Billboard magazine. And for some odd reason, box office grosses are fodder for everyday conversation. Why the urgent desire to go behind the scenes...
...kind of funny how movies seem to follow such odd trends even though the scheduling usually is coincidental. The Blair Witch Project, Stir of Echoes, Stigmata and The Sixth Sense were all filmed so far apart from each other that there was practically no chance of them ever opening within the same season--let alone the same month. But strangely enough, August was a spookfest every week at the local cineplex. It's ironic, of course, since the true flood of copycat movies will begin in the next six to seven months as Hollywood execs try to capitalize...