Word: tame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spectrum they are like the midget bluenose in Boccaccio 70 (1962) overwhelmed by Anita Ekberg as a sexual giantess -- it's the attack of the 50-ft. libido. At the other end they are like Guido in 8 1/2 cracking the whip in a vain attempt to tame his harem menagerie...
...account of Tailhook's reputation, a militant feminist "security patrol" with Guardian Angel-like berets and walkie-talkies circled the perimeter to protect other women on the hotel grounds, but the leader admitted that "it seems to be a pretty tame crowd. They're all old. I guess what we're doing is - mostly symbolic." Participants in the Mrs. America pageant, who happened to be convening in another hall 200 yds. away, also displayed uneasiness. Mrs. Florida, Jacqueline Mallery Solomon, said she had "expressed my concern" to the hotel and asked for "proper security...
There was Game One, in New York. In front of a completely sober and tame crowd of animals in Queens, the Sox stole the first one. Tim Teufel let a ball go through his legs and the Sox won, 1-0. Listening on a car radio, I think I expressed my love...
...audience is warned before the film starts, this is the sick and twisted show, not the artsy-fartsy family show producers Spike and Mike also put together. At first, the warning seems unnecessary; the festival begins with relatively tame selections such as "No Neck Joe," starring a little boy with (you guessed it) no neck, and "Brian's Brain," about a boy trying to live without any flesh covering his frontal lobes...
Rabies is harder to spot than many people think; its carriers do not always appear to be crazed and menacing. In fact, they may seem tame or merely sick, inviting kindly passersby to make the potentially fatal error of coming to their aid. A bite or scratch is not absolutely necessary: two victims have picked up rabies in caves from breathing air contaminated by infected bats...