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Word: sightedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Imagine the sight that greeted the (Black) police officers on the calm outskirts of Bophuthatswana: scores of whites in khaki uniforms were driving towards them at top speed, brandishing automatic weapons. The inevitable massacre ensued. The police did not suspect that the whites had come, too late and without warning, to help them dispute what had become a moot point of history. The whites, still looking ominous though they had tactfully removed their swastika-like armbands, became (and were in any event) armed invaders against whom the country had to be defended. The extreme hatred between the two groups completed...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Tragedy Without Cause | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

...Sophie, while Sophie herself, who, almost pressed into the position of indentured servant, should be the most sympathetic character, seems so devoid of human emotion that she is as colorless in personality as in visual depiction. The audience perceives the principal characters as they perceive each other, solely through sight and sound...

Author: By Bernie A. Meyler, | Title: Accompanist Sings, 'If Music Be the Fruit of Love, Play On' | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

Harry Grill, an attorney working with Macdonald on the investigation, attempted to discuss the matter with deRusha, but the campaign aide has dropped out of sight...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Embezzlement Shocks Flynn's Camp | 3/9/1994 | See Source »

...Adweek's Barbara Lippert: "Harry and Louise are the perfect 'muppies,' with a plumped, overstuffed existence, telling other people that if they make similarly smart choices they too can have a beautiful life." Oddly enough, the admakers have no concern for the annoyance some viewers might feel at the sight of this self-satisfied couple who pay their bills on time and floss every day. Lippert says it doesn't matter how irritating they are "if the ad has 'recall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Eye: Harry and Louise | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...vice-presidential searches to replace two top University administrators continue to drag on with no apparent end in sight...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod, | Title: VP Searches Drag On | 3/4/1994 | See Source »

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