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Word: soft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cranes do not list the lyrics to their new album Wings of Joy. Perhaps lyricist Alison Shaw does not wish to make her personal thoughts known to the listener, which would also explain the virtual incomprehensibility of her soft, high vocals. Or maybe she really isn't saying anything after...

Author: By Rita L. Berardino, | Title: Much Pain, No Meaning | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

Dances with Wolves (running time: three hours, 10 minutes) won seven Oscars, so naturally everyone started making longer movies: JFK (three hours, eight minutes), Bugsy (2:15), Grand Canyon (2:15) and Hook (2:11). Next: Malcolm X (3+). Go for the giant popcorn and jumbo soft drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward Spin: Feb. 17, 1992 | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...acting also has a few problems. The role of Heather may be too much of a stretch for Basinger, who only achieves two modes of action in the movie--her soft-voiced seductress, and the other her screaming, perturbed psychotic...

Author: By Brady S. Martin, | Title: Suspense on the Couch: Booze, Sex, a Murder And a Mystery | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

...Paul off and correct him when she believes he has misspoken. Whether listening or speaking, she conveys nervous energy, often jiggling one leg or the other. "I fly off the handle," she admits, "but Paul is strong too." Paul, who has completed a degree in molecular genetics, is as soft- mannered, courteous and obliging as Isabelle is wired and impatient. "People who see me stimulated on ice are disappointed when they see me in reality," he says. Interjects Isabelle, not one to brook any criticism of her partner, even from Paul himself: "He's such a puppy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: Fire On Ice | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

...their market, they can't sell in ours." Harkin vows to send a similarly shrill message to Tokyo: "We're going to reduce our trade deficit with you, Japan, down to zero in five years. Two ways you can do it: buy more or sell us less." Even soft- spoken Democrat Paul Tsongas cracks, "The cold war is over, and Japan won." And if Buchanan puts "America First," guess what country is last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Bashing on the Campaign Trail | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

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