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Word: questioned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Wild, Wild West poses this not very pressing question: Can a comedy--we use that term in the broadest possible sense--costing something north of $100 million hope to succeed solely on the basis of special effects, cross-dressing and a vertically challenged villain? The depressing answer, given the apparently endless supply of adolescents with nothing better to do in the summer, is probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Westward, No | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...which players uninvited to the world's most prestigious tournament slog through sparsely attended matches in the hope of winning their way onto Centre Court. The talent and moxie it takes to advance through the quallies and into the semifinals were enough to make Stevenson a sensation. Then the question of her paternity arose and overshadowed even her powerful tennis game. And she became a symbol for a virtual grab bag of contemporary social issues, ranging from overbearing mothers to absentee fathers, from racial tolerance to sexual intolerance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Doctor's Daughter | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

Paris and its inhabitants seem to spurn the traditional, anxious to show the world that they can find a new way to live, built on beauty, style, elegance--and ultimate equality. Have they succeeded? In the answer to that simple question lies the elixir of Paris that places some in its thrall and repels others...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, | Title: City of Contradictions | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...controversial and basically it came down to a question of appropriateness," said Mark Van Baalen, a University Information Services official. "Harvard wanted to do the right thing, and then other people didn't like the way that turned...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Takes Down Controversial Web Site | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...controversial and basically it came down to a question of appropriateness," said Mark Van Baalen, a University Information Services official. "Harvard wanted to do the right thing, and then other people didn't like the way that turned...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Takes Down Web Page, Cites Offensive Content | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

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