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Word: somberly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like most fashion trends, however, the hoopla over Hawaiians has been around for some time. Designer fashion has been turning away from somber print hues and subdued patterns over the past few seasons, and the shirts, whether worn by men or women, have an insouciance that works as a parody of conventional cool. "They're great fun to wear," says Tom Selleck, television's most agreeable private eye, who often sports custom-made Hawaiian shirts while crime busting in the islands. "And they're murder under a navy linen sports coat." Says Harriet Love, who carries a good supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: High, Wide and Hawaiian | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

...maintained an imperious aloofness during the first trial, seems to have undergone image surgery. Though he still looks as if he would be most at home in a uniform, he has taken to draping his 6-ft. 3-in. frame with the occasional plaid sport coat instead of the somber suits of the first trial. Last week, as Corinne Grande, the presiding judge, led jurors on a walking tour of Clarendon Court, the family mansion in Newport and the alleged scene of the crime, Von Bulow strayed over to the kennel to play with the three golden retrievers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take Two: The Von Bulow trial resumes | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...verse based upon an actual tragic letter. In "The Rural Lass", Catherine Jemmat's story of a woman determined to marry despite her parents' disapproval, sheds some light on the pitifully subordinate plight of the eighteenth century women Edward Chicken's portrait of "The Collier's Wedding" is a somber depiction of a rural feast that conjures up interesting comparisons with the paintings of Breugal and the works of Hardy...

Author: By T. NICHOLAS Dawidoff, | Title: In Praise of Forgotten Poets | 5/1/1985 | See Source »

...checked the new Politburo lineup during the televised funeral and interviewed Muscovites for their reactions to the change of leadership. Under a gray sky shimmering with tiny, faint snowflakes, and armed once again with his binoculars, Amfitheatrof watched Gorbachev, now the Soviet leader, atop the Lenin Mausoleum. "He looked somber but strikingly youthful and tough," says Amfitheatrof. But reporting on Gorbachev's accomplishments, life and health will not be Amfitheatrof's concern. He is leaving the Soviet Union for a new TIME assignment in Rome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Mar. 18, 1985 | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Although his most recent and more somber release. "The Razor's Edge," was less popular at the box office than his comedy films, Murray said he was happy with his first attempt at a serious role. Moreover, Murray said, the World War I drama "was a big success at Turkish Army bases...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Murray Arrives an Hour Late, But Full of His Sardonic Wit | 2/20/1985 | See Source »

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