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Word: sickly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...life, discarding his wife of nearly thirty years, the long-suffering and fabric-softener conscious Kate (Ellen Burstyn), and his two daughters, big-mouthed Sunny, wonderfully over-played by Amy Madigan, and big-hearted Helen, quietly gushed by Ally Sheedy. Conducting himself with all the maturity of a love-sick adolescent, Harry gurgles gleefully to his lover, "It's been so long since I had somebody I wanted to please," totally overlooking the fact that just as he utters those words, his wife stays dutifully at home, either starching the collars of his shirts or cooking his dinner, or otherwise...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: More Than Twice | 1/10/1986 | See Source »

...American Psychiatric Association. He called the panel a "travesty." At a later panel, a woman in the audience asked Laing how he would deal with schizophrenics. Laing bobbed and weaved for 27 minutes and finally offered the only treatment possible for people he does not view as sick: "I treat them exactly the same way I treat anybody else. I conduct myself by the ordinary rules of courtesy and politeness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Therapist in Every Corner | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...going to kill my Secret Santa because he's incredibly rude and perverted," says Lori B. Rutter '89 of Lionel. Rutter received a "really sick book...that double entendre deal with complete with illustrations...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Secret Santa's Come to Town | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...TIME I stumbled off the plane in Roanoke, only two hours behind schedule, I was sick as a radioactive...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Thanks for the Blues | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

Segal doesn't see Jernigan in trouble in the future, however. "He was sick earlier this week. I don't foresee this as being a continuing pattern in his play...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: Racquetmen Sink Navy, Soar to Another 9-0 Win | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

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