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Word: sunburnt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...given point during the summer, you might find me dusty and sunburnt, defending my integrity to a host of complainers over a call such as that one. There's always that scrawny kid in a oversized uniform, asking me if I "need glasses." There's always that balding coach in a tank-top and Bermuda shorts, telling me I "had no angle." And there's always that prim mother in a sun dress, wondering why I won't just "let the kids play ball." Sometimes there's even a little sister with a blue popsicle tongue, declaring that I "suck...

Author: By Jim Cocola, | Title: Why I Ump | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...SKUNK ANANSIE Paranoid & Sunburnt (Epic/One Little Indian). This British quartet, one of the few hard-rock bands fronted by a black woman, boasts a scaldingly bold sound, mixing chunks of punk, bits of R. and B. and even a dash of gospel in its joyously fierce debut album...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Of 1995: MUSIC | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

...short, sharp album of pop punk songs about turning tricks, picking scabs and hating one's parents, which is expected to be one of the biggest-selling CDs of the year. Two other new punk albums,...And Out Come the Wolves by the Berkeley band Rancid, and Paranoid & Sunburnt, from the British group Skunk Anansie, are already in stores. The Seattle punk band Hole--whose leader, Courtney Love, is one of the best lyricists in rock (and the widow of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana)--has just come out with a CD titled Ask for It, featuring live material from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: NOT YOUR PARENTS' PUNK | 10/16/1995 | See Source »

When this Odyssey gets going, it's not just an adventure; it's a trip. Anything from flowers to fire may pop out of the sunburnt-orange floorboards. A stormy sea comes to roiling life with just a tilted spar and a few sprawling actors. By the end, the Arena has become a playroom filled with spritely wonder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: Club Adriatic | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

Junior defender Kelly Morrison wipes away the tears that have welled up in her eyes as they slide down her sunburnt skin. Junior Sarah Downing drags her stick along the grass. And there at the end of the bench, alone, eyes closed, in a crouch, is Co-Captain Liz Berkery...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki, | Title: A Sad Farewell | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

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