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Word: okay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most "listenable" music, meaning that you can play it at parties without apologizing, you can listen to it in snatches. The choruses in particular tend to be more predictable than usual; the old stuff hurtled more, while Elvis kinda drifts up and down the scales here, which is okay since his voice gets more resonant, textured, and personable with each album. He could never be Tony Bennett, just as Woody Allen can't be Cary Grant, but both seem to be trying in their odd ways...The Attractions have to fill a lot of gaps here, which they do stunningly...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Something of a Middlebrow | 4/2/1981 | See Source »

...fingers in surprisingly good-natured dismay, like a man who had just dropped his keys, not his chances at a world championship. Hamilton later said that he had become so excited by the crowd response after he completed his most difficult triple jump that he told himself, " 'Okay, here we go.' I was really wanting to pour it on then and I just skated too hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Giving 'Em the Old One-Two | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

Lewis likened the adoption of the third plan to supporting "a system for living in sin" once one realized sin could not be abolished. He added, "The general perception would be that it was okay not to show up for a final exam...

Author: By Paul A. Englemayer, | Title: CUE Tables Nagy's Proposal Changing Make-Up Test Policy | 2/19/1981 | See Source »

...club for the occasion and who will very shortly be expelled for being delinquent in their dues. I myself was approached several times by members of the "machine" who were also candidates. When I objected on principle to this method of campaigning. I was told that it was really okay because "the Democratic Club does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Q-World Machine | 2/18/1981 | See Source »

...panel, take a few minutes to decide," Moore said. "Okay, time's up. Bill, what...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: To Tell the Truth | 2/12/1981 | See Source »

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