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Word: viperish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first American artist to become really famous across the Atlantic: not only in London, like West, but in Paris as well. Since America loves to see its children imposing themselves on the world's culture--a less common sight 100 years ago than now--this perpetual expatriate, with his viperish tongue, large ego and delicately nuanced paintings, has long been an American favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: WHISTLER UNVEILED | 7/24/1995 | See Source »

...gallows, certain that they deserved what they got." In this collection of essays and reviews, however, the former Village Voice staff writer too often allows his insights into the self-victimization that has come to dominate the black, women's and homosexual liberation movements to degenerate into viperish personal attacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: At The End Of His Rope | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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