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Word: plainness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ficken Slayer. Stay with me here on this one. The men's soccer team was playing highly-ranked Columbia at Ohiri Field in its Ivy League opener. As Harvard was seizing more and more control of the play in its 3-0 win, Columbia coach Dieter Ficken was just plain losing...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Final Notes | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...even bigger offense: Michael's album is just plain boring. None of the songs move much faster than a beverage cart down the cramped aisle of a passenger airplane. Faith, Michael's first solo album, was appealing partly because he seemed to be working so hard to entertain us--songs like Hard Day featured sweaty, muscular dance rhythms; ballads like One More Try had amusingly earnest vocals. Michael's new songs are too concerned with seriousness and maturity to break a sweat. In his attempt to make music that's restrained, adult and timeless, he's instead crafted songs that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: OLDER BUT NOT WISER | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

...Have My Girl but) Don't Touch My Hat, finds the Texan in a possessive frenzy about his "John B. Stetson." Promises, meanwhile, is naked Lyle, skin flayed, soul raw--with grief that could be whispered from a jail cell or an unquiet grave. The melody is plain, the guitar accompaniment plaintive: the song enshrouds you in its desperate beauty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: BREAKING UP IS GOOD TO DO... | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

...opener, '(You Can Have My Girl but) Don1t Touch My Hat,' finds the Texan in a possessive frenzy about his "John B. Stetson." 'Promises,' meanwhile, is naked Lyle, skin flayed, soul raw with grief that could be whispered from a jail cell or an unquiet grave. The melody is plain, the guitar accompaniment plaintive: the song enshrouds you in its desperate beauty. "The primal emotions on 'The Road to Ensenada' -->

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Entertainment Guide | 5/19/1996 | See Source »

...opener, '(You Can Have My Girl but) Don1t Touch My Hat,' finds the Texan in a possessive frenzy about his "John B. Stetson." 'Promises,' meanwhile, is naked Lyle, skin flayed, soul raw with grief that could be whispered from a jail cell or an unquiet grave. The melody is plain, the guitar accompaniment plaintive: the song enshrouds you in its desperate beauty. "The primal emotions on 'The Road to Ensenada' -->

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Entertainment Guide | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

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