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Word: readopt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...problem with having Chris more ably played is that his contradictions become apparent. He wants to whore around in Saigon, he wants to readopt the bourgeois values of home; he wants to marry Kim, he recoils at the thought; he wants to reunite with her, he wants to forget; he wants to raise the son they conceived, he wants to send support checks from 10,000 miles away. How can a man so weak-willed be worthy of a woman of such iron strength, one who braves seas, sharks, pirates and a thousand other perils to seek her lost love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memories of A World on Fire | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

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