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Word: pageanteers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...looks straitjacketed in a dark suit. He seems caged in his chair in an Indianapolis courtroom as a demure 18-year-old from Rhode Island, a contestant in the Miss Black America Pageant last July, testifies that he raped her. But in his natural habitat, the boxing ring, Mike Tyson is a creature in - implacable forward motion. He just keeps coming, and you go down. He cuts you like a buzz saw, crushes you like a tree falling on a sleepy squirrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Judgment of Iron Mike | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

Mike Tyson's alleged "serial buttocks fondling." If the charges are correct, this walking keg of testosterone was doing at an Indianapolis beauty pageant what he does in the ring: mauling the competition. Tyson's troubles spotlighted the threat behind many an athlete's swagger: he may think the world is his for the taking, with one swift punch or pinch...

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

Mike Tyson's alleged "serial buttocks fondling." If the charges are correct, this walking keg of testosterone was doing at an Indianapolis beauty pageant what he does in the ring: mauling the competition. Tyson's troubles spotlighted the threat behind many an athlete's swagger: he may think the world is his for the taking, with one swift punch or pinch...

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

Cabaret theater, at which audience members get to eat, join a conga line or be a murder suspect. Two Manhattan standouts: Pageant, which would be a delicious parody of beauty contests even if you didn't get to vote for the winner, and & Song of Singapore, which would be a sparkling evocation of '40s music and fun even if you didn't get to dance the night away...

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

Cabaret theater, at which audience members get to eat, join a conga line or be a murder suspect. Two Manhattan standouts: Pageant, which would be a delicious parody of beauty contests even if you didn't get to vote for the winner, and Song of Singapore, which would be a sparkling evocation of '40s music and fun even if you didn't get to dance the night away...

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

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