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Word: thinly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...single-issue message and a thin skin don't go well together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine contents page | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...four characters struggle frantically to choose between continuing to live out the fallacy of their family structure and the subconscious awareness that an acknowledgement of that fallacy will destroy the thin threads of unity among them...

Author: By Brady S. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long Day's Journey Plagued by Unrelenting Tension | 11/12/1992 | See Source »

...staff has, in its haste to satisfy grumbling and discontented stomachs, treaded on thin...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: I Still Believe in Mike | 11/10/1992 | See Source »

Mathea Falco's favorite image for the failure of American drug-fighting policy is the thin gray line of 10 radar balloons, each costing $20 million, that stretch across the U.S. border with Mexico. Their purpose is to spot cross- border drug flights. But there is no evidence that the balloons have led to any increase in drug seizures. Like the claims that the nation's drug problem can be solved by law enforcement, they may need to be deflated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Would It Take to Get America off Drugs? | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

Friedkin has always been interested in the thin line between the police officer and the criminal. He mentioned his film "To Live and Die in L.A." "I want to demythify the cop's life, the notion that all cops, because they have badges, are good guys...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: Director Friedkin Confronts Social Issues in Film | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

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