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Word: sways (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nearby, a women is dancing over-energetically to "Stayin' Alive." Her tank-top in no way covers her bra (big lingerie faux pas). She smacks a guy next to her with a John Travolta-style outstretched arm. Both she and the guy sway precariously and then tumble onto the couch next to us. They start to kiss. Then they get up and go their separate ways...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo and Pamela S. Wasserstein, S | Title: Who's on First? Friday Night in Boston's Sketchiest | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

Nearby, a women is dancing over-energetically to "Stayin' Alive." Her tank-top in no way covers her bra (big lingerie faux pas). She smacks a guy next to her with a John Travolta-style outstretched arm. Both she and the guy sway precariously and then tumble onto the couch next to us. They start to kiss. Then they get up and go their separate ways...

Author: By Pamela S. Wasserstein, | Title: WHO'S ON | 3/18/1999 | See Source »

Another typical evening. A group of perfectly groomed young gentlemen in dinner jackets stroll to their club for a brief bourbon. Tonight, the glittering ballroom of the cotillion is theirs for the taking. Silk gowns sway and champagne flows. The band thrills and the playboys survey the scene. The party swells. In the early morning hours, the gala subsides and the young men return to their lush apartments on Mount Auburn Street...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, | Title: The GOLD Coast | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...Stoppardand Marc Norman aren't catering to anyone here,they're just having the time of their lives. Samegoes for a great ensemble cast with anirrepressible joi de vivre that permeatesevery frame. Miramax has mounted a ballisticcampaign for the film in the past few weeks in anattempt to sway staid Academy members.Unfortunately, the film's lack of gun violence,tanks and Tom Hanks will probably take it out ofthe running nonetheless.The Thin Red Line: Terrence Malick's moody,contemplative war film met with mixed reviews andunexpectedly poor ticket sales upon its nationalrelease. Though it boasts a star-studded castsecond only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oscar is Beautiful Saving Private Oscar Thin Red Oscar Oscars in Love Oscar | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

...after the melodrama, after the white devil disappears offstage, snarling like Cagney, a scruple (call it A.C.L.U. logic, a schoolmarm in the mind) begins to wave its little hand in the back of the hall. Easy cases make bad law, or bad principle. The powerful emotional sway of this one is unsettling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something We Cannot Accept | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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