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Word: smilingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan supporter and you will, at best, hear the argument that Reagan has created a genuine recovery and, at worst, be faced with a catty smile and a refusal to discuss such a trivial issue...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: A Tainted Legacy | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

...mine was doing commercials and she said to go for it." After some dozen spots for the Madison Avenue set, he landed a role in The Torch Song Trilogy. "I played a battered child who was gay and adopted by a drag queen." He says, holding back a slight smile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Portrait of the Artist | 10/31/1984 | See Source »

Gromyko probably appeared dour and unsmiling in New York because of the old Russian belief that important people should not smile in public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 22, 1984 | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

...hale, an ageless cowboy. On a podium with waving flags and floating balloons, he can mesmerize and uplift. But when he speaks extemporaneously, the effect can be more halting than inspirational. He has long been notorious for bungling facts. He often mangles syntax. Somehow, with a quip or a smile, he usually manages to fight free of his verbal tangles, leaving listeners only uneasy, not alarmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Questions of Age and Competence | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

...Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh bustle about their business. The Bhagwan, who set up the community in 1981, has taken a vow of silence; he tours his 64,000-acre ranch in a $119,000 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur with armed guards. His followers, mostly middle-class refugees from urban living, smile frequently, embrace warmly, and enjoy poker and blackjack in their private casino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whose Home Is This? | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

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