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Word: vixen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more, thanks to Waters, who wrote Heathers, the brilliant 1989 tale of feminine competitiveness and desperation (and on Batman Returns got story help from Sam Hamm and dialogue "normalizing" from Wesley Strick). "We didn't want to make her a macho woman," he says, "or a sultry, coquettish uber-vixen curling on a penthouse couch. We wanted her tied deep into female psychology. Female rage is interesting: we made her a mythic woman you can sympathize with. Catwoman isn't a villain, and she isn't Wonder Woman fighting for the greater good of society. That has no meaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battier and Better | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

...blame it on TV. Whenever there's a scene that involves waking up, going to bed, or sex, women wear beautiful lingerie. This is always true, whether a woman is a power-suited corporate cutie of "L.A. Law," a scheming soap opera vixen, Chrissy on "Three's Company," or Madonna. Sure, the rest of their wardrobes are priced out of reach and completely inappropriate for daily life, but you can have their underwear...

Author: By Sara A. Bibel, | Title: You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

...fling is put to the test when Sandy unexpectedly enrolls in Rydell, Danny's high school, and must fit in with his friends. They are the decidedly cool T-Birds and Pink Ladies who do not readily accept good girl Dumbrowski. Sandy's eventual conversion into a spandex-clad vixen has Danny on his knees and the rest of Rydell cheering...

Author: By Margaret H. Gleason, | Title: It's Groove and Meaning | 3/15/1991 | See Source »

...headquarters for the National Coalition Against Pornography. It has managed to purge from its streets the sex shops, peep shows, X-rated films and nude-dancing clubs that mar many major cities. Cincinnati has banned or otherwise hounded out of town the musical Oh! Calcutta! and such films as Vixen, Last Tango in Paris and The Last Temptation of Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eruptions in The Heartland: BATTLING BLUENOSES | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

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