Word: weird
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some call our room "weird," and others think it's just "immature." Some think it's kind of cool to revert to childhood the way we do. But our room's resemblance to Toys-R-Us does not reflect a conscious decision to be anything...
...stranger stars in the political sky. He is a telegenic disaster with a sophisticated message and an aversion to hardball. Unlike Bill Clinton, he enjoys almost anything more than shaking hands with strangers. Yet when he ended his crusade for the White House last week, Tsongas in his own weird way had accomplished a lot. He had moved the Democratic Party toward the economic center, where he thought it belonged. He had gained respect and departed with uncommon grace. He had even complimented the media...
...weird sado-masochistic sport in a way, "Krishnan says. "You go out, suffer, and come back--you're beat before the day even starts...
...face, not merely a mask of passion or a symbol of social role. A little bareback rider's squinched-up face above the massive, churning crupper of a stallion in the Cirque Fernando, 1887-88; the Cyrano nose and signature black gloves of Yvette Guilbert; the weird cadaverous prancing of Valentin the Boneless -- these images live on as obdurately as the traits of Dickens' characters...
...Memphis drivers are insane. Carsstop for pedestrians in Cambridge; in Memphis,drivers truly believe that society would be betteroff without stupid jaywalkers. Even the streetsare weird, changing names at several points (unionchanges to Walnut Grove, Ridgeway to HickoryHill...