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Word: smirk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...name's Charles Doorite," said a young man with half glasses and full smirk. "I've been working seriously with prose since I was five. Recently, I've become personally acquainted with many New York writers through my mother and internships at The Paris Review and The Atlantic. Kanopf is bringing out the first of my three completed novels next year...

Author: By Tom Reiss, | Title: Rocker Dead in Writing Class | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...Cappi, praying for a match. But beside me, Dave's face was lighting up. The door opened, and the two Iowan's smiled at each other. A thick wholesome glow suffused the terrace as they shook hands, sparkles flashing from their corn polished teeth, drowning out Adam's smirk and my vision of Cappi. She wasn't Cappi and she wasn't fat. I had been betrayed, Adam had lost five dollars, Dave was stuck with shaking hands, and fourth grade love was a bust...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Fourth Grade Blue | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

somehow ring true. Reed recalls with a smirk that...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: SCRUTINY | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

RELIEF RIPPLED momentarily, and Kevin's drunken smirk eased back on his face. But we hadn't counted on Officer Redneck's legal creativity. Putting on his best Defender of the Law face, he informed us of a new state Constitutional code that allowed him to hold minors until our parents personally came to release...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: GONZO WEEKEND | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

There is a method to Cronenberg's shock tactics. Whereas Howard the Duck is an effects festival attached to a smirk, The Fly is smart and serious about its characters. Seth and Veronica could be any two people falling in love, eager for adventure but anxious about the changes and dark revelations that come with learning how little they know about their lovers. That nice guy lying next to you in bed, breathing in your rhythm, smiling in his sleep -- what demons sleep within him? And why does his snore sound like a gentle bzzzzz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Love in the Animal Kingdom the Fly | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

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