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Word: paramours (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tells Monica he doesn't think of himself that way but looks in the mirror and sees "a fat little kid who couldn't throw a ball straight." Predictably dysfunctional as surrogate mom, Tripp doesn't help Monica's self-esteem, saying of her neglectful paramour, "if he were a completely fulfilled man, you wouldn't exist in his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unreachable Starr | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...with much fanfare in the British press last week. Initially reported by the Sun, the story was confirmed by royal-family spokesmen who leveled no objections to its publication. The palace's surprising compliance immediately sparked questions about whether there is a movement afoot to introduce Charles' frequently maligned paramour into public life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Time For Tea | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

Seven scantily-clad women decorate the walls of my bedroom. My common room is adorned with posters of Marilyn Monroe and that paramour of the brewing industry, the St. Pauli Girl. By the standards of modern feminism, I am thereby guilty of a most terrible crime. I objectify women. Because I commit my transgression in the privacy of my home it goes unnoticed, unavailable for the political critique of others. But the issue of sexual objectification will likely be a topic of heated public discussion in the coming days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Hooters and the St. Pauli Girl | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...looking it. She began as a feminine icon, not a feminist one, abiding by history's demands: producing heirs, cutting ribbons, walking a conspicuous three paces behind the times. A few years and a thousand talk shows later, she became the Princess Victim, bulimic, suicidal, betrayed by a caddish paramour with a tell-all book, trapped in a loveless marriage. But that image too was fleeting, replaced by a very '90s portrait of a shrewd operator, better at public relations than all the palace spear throwers. By the time she agreed to a divorce, she had embraced the American notion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRINCESS DIANA, 1961-1997: DIANA: THE PRINCESS OF HEARTS | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

Barad is exploring ways to create multimedia toys for other company brands, including Polly Pocket, Cabbage Patch and See 'N Say. "This is only the beginning," she says in a glass-walled office that sports towering early versions of Barbie and her plastic paramour Ken. Barad vows Mattel will be a leader in interactive playthings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BARBIE BOOTS UP | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

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