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Word: tragical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Framed by lip balm on one end and lipliner on the other, girls' middle-school years are marked by revolutionary metamorphoses. A familiar story for our tragic heroes: In fifth grade, make-up piques their interest, for real. Mom's light green Clinique freebie lipstick peppered subtly on petulant mouths, a drama unfolds in the echoing stairwell. "Are you wearing lipstick...

Author: By J. S. Paul, | Title: BALM-OFF: three critical perspectives | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

Suddenly Jo's life is disrupted when Eli Mayhew, an acquaintance from her youthful bohemian days, moves into her town. Together they reminisce about their life in a communal home during the 60s, which had ended abruptly with the tragic murder of one of the house's most beloved roommates. The attraction between Eli and Jo bring forth the issues of betrayal, lust and forgiveness. Add to these themes a couple of shocking revelations and a tear-jerking mother-daughter bonding scene, and While I Was Gone reaches its melodramatic saturation point...

Author: By Adriana Martinez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boom and Bust: The Mid-life Fling | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...heart of that temple of knowledge lies the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Room: paradise for yours truly. The walls are made of books--leather bound, glass-encased and reaching to the ceiling. And a giant portrait of the almost-tragic millionaire watches over the Oriental rug and the mahogany paneling with goofy dead eyes...

Author: By James Y. Stern, | Title: Endpaper: Frozen Out of Widener | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...heart of that temple of knowledge lies the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Room: paradise for yours truly. The walls are made of books--leather bound, glass-encased and reaching to the ceiling. And a giant portrait of the almost-tragic millionaire watches over the Oriental rug and the mahogany paneling with goofy dead eyes...

Author: By James Y. Stern, | Title: FROZEN OUT OF WIDENER | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...like Joe, you will; he's a decent, genuinely funny and not in fact always imminently tragic guy (despite my take...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meet Joe Blank: A Recovering Alcoholic Tries The AA Way | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

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