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Word: smilingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...goal, one-assist performance from Fusco in the 11-2 rout of the Crimson squad only brought an ear-to-ear smile to Cleary's face. The stellar defensive play of Mark Fusco helped put Cleary on Cloud Nine...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Coming Home | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

...wearing camouflage fatigues that looked as though he had slept in them. In his best parade-ground voice, Graham bellowed, "Anybody want to go to Grenada?" An old Barbadian woman who was trying to sweep up the debris of pizza crusts and paper cups gave Graham a toothless smile, but she offered no answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Anybody Want to Go to Grenada? | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...because the consequences of her actions are potentially more devastating. A man walking alone at night might be robbed or assaulted, but a woman stands the additional chance of being sexually traumatized. A man wearing running shorts may invite glances, but rarely humiliating verbal abuse. A man can smile freely at women without too much fear of encouraging unwanted propositions...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: A Post-Feminist Letter to Men | 11/10/1983 | See Source »

...genuine appreciation. It's a shame so few men know how to show it. Any woman who has walked down a street, especially in a big city and especially during the summertime, knows the difference between appreciation and abuse. Occasionally (usually in our dreams) we walk past men who smile fondly at us. Most of the time we are subjected to a crossfire which makes running the gauntlet look like a stroll. Comments like "Mmmmmm, nice," and "Hi there, honey" from total strangers may seem harmless; but because of them a women who ventures out in public...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: A Post-Feminist Letter to Men | 11/10/1983 | See Source »

...talent scouts came back with Tom Cruise, who looks like a baby-faced Christopher Reeve. Here he is, Superman in miniature (Reeve is 6 ft. 4 in., Cruise 5 ft. 9 in.): the hooded eyes, the sculpted body, the off-beat comic timing, the self-deprecating manner, the winning smile. Cruise played a psychotic cadet in Taps, a winsome greaser in The Outsiders, but it was in Paul Brickman's sleek and sexy summer comedy Risky Business that Cruise first turned on the wattage. Star power has translated into box-office dollars: in its first eleven weeks Risky Business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Winning Ugly | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

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