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Word: soaped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lovers in this movie are homosexual and one of the love triangles includes a transsexual. And instead of the stifling seriousness of soap opera, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar injects a chaotic, farcical note which undermines the hackneyed plot...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Flaw of Desire | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

...past, in Britain and on the Pope's 1979 U.S. visit, not only caused some controversy but also failed to produce as much income as expected. Private enterprisers, however, are not holding back. The bevy of kitschy papal souvenirs include Pope-shaped car air fresheners, Pope-on-a-rope soap, Pope Scopes -- actually periscope-like cardboard boxes with reflectors that allow viewers to see above crowds -- and "Holey See" masks, which are cutouts of the papal visage complete with miter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Get Ready, The Pope Is Coming | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

...lend him money to buy his last truck. "I got a boy, though, he's 23, and he won't cut wood. Says it's too hard." Ray paused, watched the cigarette smoke rise in the still air. "Course he ain't no bigger than a bar of soap neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Missouri: Outdoor Work, Very Heavy Lifting | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...brushes in hand. Its mission: to clean a year's worth of grime off the distinctive features of the 16th U.S. President. Once a year the 19-ft.-high statue of Abraham Lincoln at the heart of the Grecian-style memorial in Washington gets a thorough rubdown with special soap and natural- bristle brushes. Though Mr. Lincoln's baths are infrequent, their cost and duration are impressive. The twelve-hour cleaning set taxpayers back some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memorials: Old Abe Gets The Brush | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

...taken advantage of by men since I was 20." Then, staring across the courtroom at her estranged husband, she added, "Men have a tendency to change when they get married." Collins was not rehearsing Dynasty, but the lines she spoke last week sounded as if they came from a soap opera -- The Bold and the Beautiful, perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Daytime's Steamy New Soap | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

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