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Word: staleness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hollywood's latest version of these old D.C. Comics characters is no surprise. Take any story, film executives reason, no matter how stale, and make it larger than life. Finance a dark and spectacular Gotham City, recruit the most seasoned stars and fill the screen with more special effects than the eye can follow...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Ashamed to Wear My Bat-Shoes | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

...professors say that teaching is indeed part of the review process. Professors who defend the current system say that without research, teaching goes stale...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Climbing The Ladder To Harvard Tenure | 4/22/1992 | See Source »

...reviving these stale allegations from a disgruntled former church employee who readily acknowledges his bitterness towards Gomes for firing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bad Motives | 4/17/1992 | See Source »

Michelle Shocked's new album, Arkansas Traveler, proves that musicians can make 'em like they used to, and they can do 'em well. Her songs ramble, laugh, moan and cry in a pleasant country and blues style. although harkening back to pre-Rock musical traditions can make for a stale record, Michelle Shocked keeps the intensity level high with quality music and stunning vocals...

Author: By Daniel. J. Sharfstein, | Title: Shocking Stuff from a Modern Day Minstrel | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

...kind of mess we remember from childhood. We have no gnawed pizza crusts from three weeks ago, no half-filled cans of warm Coke. These are only toys; they don't smell and they don't spoil. Perhaps the Play-Doh could dry out and get stale, but we're careful to close the lids tightly. We are very sanitary with our mess...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

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