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Word: pinkness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jaundiced, disturbing look at the background of village life. But what might have made effective background serves as Rimer's meat and potatoes. In place of characters, the audience gets caricatures: the gossipy old women (Suzanne Vine and Ilana Hardesty) knitting the scenes together: the gushing, pouting hot-pink bobby-soxer (Alexandra Loeb); the broad Mid-western accents of a farmer (Paul Breenhalgh); the fire-and-brimstone preacher and judge (both by Paul Erickson). There are so many roles that the caricatures all blur together, making the audience work to unsort the characters and their relationships...

Author: By John KENT Walker, | Title: Rimers, But Few Reasons | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

...places described in late-night living room talks and pointed out on postcards and in alumni bulletins. Silent intruders, the two of us would taste the food that made these young men so sturdy and breathe the clean, cool air that had first tinged their cheeks a ruddy pink...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Yes Indeed, Quite Different | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

...March began with a slight haze and soft breezes; unseasonable temperatures in the mid-70s welcomed the blossoming dogwoods. The day was so balmy that Ronald and Nancy Reagan, after attending services at St. John's Church, took a short noontime stroll back to the White House, passing the pink magnolias in Lafayette Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Shots at a Nation's Heart | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...more oestrous Richard Gallen Books line purrs only a little louder: "Sweet spasms of oneness curled within her." All this heavy breathing is as calculated as a publisher's earnings statement; according to industry surveys, readers want the sex wrapped in euphemisms and the future tied in pink ribbons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Excerpt: From Bedroom to Boardroom | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...potted plant for over a decade at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York under the guidance of Japanese genetic scientist Sadeo Ichikawa, Ramie Arian, a spokesman for the Creative Gifts Corporation said. "If nuclear radiation is in the air, the plant changes colors from its natural blue to pink. This discovery is a potential lifesaver," Arian added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gift Plant Detects Nuclear Radiation | 4/1/1981 | See Source »

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