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Word: soaped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...TRUMAN SHOW (June 5). Truman Burbank is the only man on earth who doesn't know he's the star of a popular 24-hour soap opera. As Truman, Jim Carrey inhabits director Peter Weir's bogus universe with a heroic gentility. But will Carrey's rowdy fans skip Truman? Or will the audience that might appreciate an adult parable stay home because, hey, it's just a Jim Carrey movie? One industry savant says not to worry: this canny film will reach both groups and gross $200 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Aieee! It's Summer!! | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...also have a way of being the solution to every problem, from low profit margins in mega-corporations to low test scores in public schools. Politicians and CEOs are racing to the soap box arm in arm, hailing you as the way out. If only the kids could have computers, maybe they'd become more literate, stop smoking cigarettes and cancel that shooting spree they were planning for the nonexistent recess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ode to Technology | 4/28/1998 | See Source »

...Carol & Ted & Alice (ABC) S.W.A.T. (ABC) Soap (ABC) Tabitha (ABC) Vega$ (ABC) Gavilan (NBC) Spenser: For Hire (ABC) American Dreamer (NBC) Crossroads (ABC) It Had to Be You (CBS) The Lazarus Man Vital Signs (ABC) Love Boat: The Next Wave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 27, 1998 | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...women involved in the Clinton soap opera took legal action at the time they claim they were sexually harassed. Now they appear to be on the bandwagon to enrich themselves one way or another. They make me feel ashamed to be a woman. JUNE PRENTICE Athens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 20, 1998 | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...turned the life of its President into a ridiculous soap opera. MARCUS W. KNEEN Benoni, South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 13, 1998 | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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