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Word: uptightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHAT HAPPENS when a weird guy with a gift for ingenious gadgetry meets a greedy, uptight bank-robber and his brainy lover? Malcolm, just off the boat from Down Under, tries to answer this very question in low-budget high style...

Author: By Ellen R. Pinchuk, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 10/24/1986 | See Source »

...starting forward on Seton Hall's basketball team. "I hear some players saying, 'Hey, I've got to stop this because I'm taking the drug test.' " Says Quarterback Mike Orth of the University of Kansas: "Personally, I approve of it. I don't think athletes here are that uptight about it. I don't see it as discriminating against athletes. A lot of industries are doing it too. They are trying to look out for our needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoring Off the Field | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

...will be extremely hard to dive without Shannon," says Greene. "She's been a great teammate and has always been there to loosen me up when I'm uptight during a meet...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Greene, Byrd Head to Championships | 3/18/1986 | See Source »

WHAT DOES GOLDIE Hawn, a high-school football team, an uptight ex-husband (with legal battle over custody of the kids), a bunch of slapstick locker room gags, and an adolescent version of the Chicago Bears' "Refrigerator" get you? Not much, really...

Author: By Gawain Kripke, | Title: Rocky Plays Football | 2/21/1986 | See Source »

...might be a gruff old gent with a streak of eccentricity and a taste for adventure, while the other is younger, more level-headed and a bit uptight. Or if one is an overenthusiastic amateur, the other is a world-weary pro with a hard veneer of cynicism. They seem to bicker constantly, these mismatched TV couples, yet they share a grudging respect and affection--sometimes even a wedding ring. They can be found all over the prime-time dial these days, their names often linked by racy ampersands: Simon & Simon, Hardcastle & McCormick, Kate & Allie, Cagney & Lacey, MacGruder & Loud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Spring Sparring Partners | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

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