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Word: stumpers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Here's the stumper: How does Dilbert have a potbelly if he doesn't have a mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scott Adams | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

Finding a director, however, was the real stumper. Simon admits he and Walcott didn't want a strong "auteur" who would try to impose his own vision on the show. "We wanted to do it our way, and we wanted a director whose thinking was compatible with ours," Simon says. "We wanted to work with a good director, but we didn't want to work for a good director." After running through most of Broadway's top names, rejecting some and being turned down by others, Simon settled on Susana Tubert, an Argentine-born director who had apprenticed with Harold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Seeking Salvation for the Capeman | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...read the book for two minutes, and if anybody asks you how far along you are you can say, 'I'm on 151 -- and it's really flying."' Like we really need help getting through these books. "Hey, this chapter on Wittgenstein's phenomenology is a real stumper. Hand me the dictionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Take These Books, Please | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

...What was the lowest rated show ever from the mid '80s?" Ted throws out a stumper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: There comes a time in a senior's life when she realizes she is old. | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

Finally, a stumper. This is the only one left in the yard once you've hauled in all of your belongings. The answer, I now know, was University Hall. (That's U Hall to you, silly...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: The Prefect Crime | 9/17/1991 | See Source »

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