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Word: unwantedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Judge Ray Lee Jenkins of Knoxville had moved against Norris when he failed to appear at a hearing to determine why Larry Simerly, a convicted car thief, was held in the Knox County Jail for 19 days after his six-year sentence had ended, mainly because of paperwork foul-ups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennessee's Chaotic Prisons | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

Alexandra Houck is very funny as tough and cynical Betty Rizzo, a leader of the girls' clique, the Pink Ladies. Houck both sings beautifully and acts passionately. Her second-half rendition of "There are Worse Things I Could Do," about her unwanted pregnancy, imparts a genuine human touch to one...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Grease is the Word | 12/13/1985 | See Source »

To obviate the problem of the unwanted and embarassing gift album, you need only to express definite and immutable musical preferences before your loved ones go out to squander their money on something that will make you the laughingstock of your school, church or place of employment. You should be...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Music Worth Unwrapping | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

However, several prefects interviewed said that the training they had received hadn't prepared them to deal with emotional attachments and hadn't made clear the channels for dealing with difficult problems--problems which could become acute when the attention is unwanted.

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti and Michael D. Nolan, S | Title: Second Prefect Affair Revealed | 11/13/1985 | See Source »

The networks' position reeks of hypocrisy. In their daytime and evening soap operas alone, the networks present several hours of programming each day with overt sexual themes. Rarely are the responsibilities of sex--or its consequences--explored. Instead, adolescent viewers learn only what they want to do. The how part...

Author: By Daniel P. Oran, | Title: Insipid Puritans | 11/12/1985 | See Source »

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