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Word: poignant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...another lactose intolerant, I found Josh Sharfstein's Op-ed piece, "Liberty, Equality, Ice Cream" (Oct. 11). to be particularly poignant and timely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lactose Anguish | 10/14/1989 | See Source »

Bellow's spokesman happens to be on the scene, at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1959, when Sorella manages to arrange a showdown with her husband's savior. She tells all, of course. Her description of the crucial encounter, both poignant and hilarious, settles nothing except the certainty that Broadway Billy Rose will do anything to avoid receiving an expression of gratitude by Polish immigrant Harry Fonstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Child of The New World | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE. Ann (Andie McDowell) doesn't care for sex; Graham (James Spader) can't have it. They make the perfect posterotic couple in this very funny, poignant psychodrama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Sep. 4, 1989 | 9/4/1989 | See Source »

...LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE. Next question: Can a man and a woman be lovers without having sex? In Steven Soderbergh's elegant, poignant, very funny film, the answer matters less than the interplay of four congenially tortured souls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Aug. 14, 1989 | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...woman share secrets, make each other laugh and squirm. What a novel idea for a movie! Two funny, poignant movies: sex, lies, and videotape and When Harry Met Sally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents PageVol. 134 No. 5 JULY 31, 1989 | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

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