Word: paunch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the media may put similar pressure on men, I believe that it is considerably weaker. It is notable that Ms. Collins' Dynasty co-star, John Forsythe, is hyped and accepted as a sex symbol despite his grey hair and paunch. I will agree that there is promise of a change in media and cultural attitudes toward the middle-aged woman when I find a 50-year-old female romantic lead who is permitted a few bulges and veins. Lisa D. Haas...
Jackson stands up when we enter the room. He is wearing black pants, a black short-sleeved shirt, a maroon tie decorated with the official Olympic seal. He is not quite 6 ft. tall, with thin legs and a slight paunch. On one wrist is a gold watch, on the other a gold chain bracelet with colored stones. He wears a gold-and-diamond ring on the fourth finger of his left hand. His hair falls over his ears, the thin corkscrew curls shiny. His eyes are green, his mustache a pencil line over his lip. His nose looks...
Harper, when he appeared in federal court in San Francisco last week, cut an appropriately nondescript figure. He is 49, about 5 ft. 10 in., has thinning brown hair that curls into gray sideburns, and displays a paunch. He is an electrical engineer who does mostly freelance work. Dougherty describes him as the kind of spy who is motivated by a simple desire for "money and adventure...
Just a few weeks ago, Gaylord Perry changed big-league uniforms for the eighth time without feeling too sentimental. The most elderly player in either league at nearly 45, he presumably could find work more appropriate to his gray hair and accumulating paunch. "For me, it's a pretty good job and it pays well-that's why I'm still playing. I love it, but everyone has to work." Although Perry's figures are in splendid order (312 victories, 3,506 strikeouts), some spitballing he did in his memoirs a few years ago could delay...
...allowed to resume a normal life. Otherwise, she has been telling friends, he has suffered no ill effects except for occasional insomnia. He keeps busy by reading and, to Danuta's distress, continues to smoke heavily. The lack of activity has given him a bit of a paunch...