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Word: uptightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...naked editors of the Yale Daily, feel that if those hairy-chested alums and their buxom, matronly wives could be a little less uptight and a little more politically aware, the world would be a better, happier, and more pollution-free place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alumni/ae Are Assholes | 11/21/1987 | See Source »

Erpingham (John Claflin) is the name of the director of a chain of British holiday camps, an upper crust, uptight version of Club Med. He is the Great Oppressor/Dictator/Imperialist, demanding religiously fanatic devotion and obeisance from his workers and campers while envisioning a world-spanding empire of holiday camps. He declares off-handedly that his campers don't have rights, only privileges--even food is a privilege...

Author: By Michael D. Shin, | Title: The Erpingham Camp | 8/14/1987 | See Source »

...used to get so uptight for every meet. I used to get really upset very easily. I tended to be a perfectionist and that was sometimes detrimental to my performance," Sugrue said. "So, now I'm trying to relax...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track's Erin Sugrue | 2/13/1987 | See Source »

...They should give some disclaimer to the idea of a deadline. A lot of people get uptight about that. I did," said Ned Keaton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Miss QRR Deadlines | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

...this film, however, Durang's heresy is dull, and his perversions are pat. When this set of plays appeared in Dublin, the Irish, who always celebrate really good sacrilege with a riot, responded with a universal yawn. Some Boston Catholics are more uptight about Durang, and they make the controversy that sells the tickets. But controversy can't hold up a chaotic script whose absurdity is less than comic...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Pat Perversions | 10/24/1986 | See Source »

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