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Word: smothers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Marinate me in promotions, Brent Musberger. Smother me with superlatives, Bill Russell. Inform me of the intricacies, Rick Barry. You will not change my mind...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: A National Bore | 4/25/1980 | See Source »

...Cordelia too complex, and her Fool too simple, Jenny Cornuelle portrays both parts with haunting skill. But when the special effects do not smother her, she delivers some of Shakespeare's most beautifully ironic peotry with quivering power...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: A Tragedy of Excess | 2/29/1980 | See Source »

Twenty-three years later, Welch says in a prologue that "Obvious pressures to smother and ignore The Politician since its official publication are unmatched in the history of the book world." That statement's glaring hyperbole runs through the next 287 pages. The book contains no apparent factual errors, only mind-boggling leaps of imagination, including only evidence that suits his conclusion. Not surprisingly in a 1957 atmosphere still charged with the remnants of McCarthyism, the book caused a considerable stir...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: John Birch Society: Cranky Adolescence | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

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