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Word: stupidities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Incredulous, Randall ignored the summons. Six weeks later, he got a notice in the mail that his driver's license had been suspended for his failure to show up in court on the smoking charge. Randall grudgingly paid a $53 fine to get his license back. "It's so stupid," he said, pulling the crumpled summons from his jeans pocket. "My dad had to leave work and bring me all the way up here for smoking a cigarette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busted for Possession | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...find themselves in some woods in the middle of nowhere. Seasoned "Rugrats" viewers will feel a small alarm go off in their heads: something's wrong with this picture! What's wrong is that now, rather than the plotline and humor coming from the precocious babies or the silly, stupid adults, they're coming from a far too unlikely situation...

Author: By Myung! H. Joh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: IT'S RUGRAT-ER-IFFIC! | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...more ambitious scheme--such as sending the U.S. Army on a search-and-destroy-Saddam mission--is politically and militarily foolish. Gulf War Army veteran John Hillen, a military strategist with the Council on Foreign Relations, believes such a campaign would be feasible only if Saddam did something really stupid, such as another lunge into Kuwait or a spectacular act of terrorism against U.S. citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last, Worst Hope: How an Invasion Might Go | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...good things about Adam Sandler comedies: they cost about one-tenth of Titanic to produce; they're usually over in 90 minutes; they keep projectionists employed and kids off the streets; their brain-numbing effects often wear off within hours. And, well, somebody's got to make stupid movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sandler Happens | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...highly successful romantic comedy The Wedding Singer, it appeared that Adam Sandler had reached a new level of maturity and subtlety. Appearances are often deceptive, and if you've seen Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and the recurring "S.N.L." skit "Canteen Boy," then you can piece together Sandler's stupid, bayou-bred mama's boy, Bobby Bouchet. Bouchet, after learning how to channel his aggression into solid hits, goes from being the village idiot/waterboy to being a tackle that makes William "The Refrigerator" Perry look like the Maytag repair man. The plot is weak, but Sandler's hilarious physical comedy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

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