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Word: weird (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guitarist Mark Bryan are totally out-of-sync and seem to be playing two different horribly Hootie songs. Former rock queen Patti Smith gives the album its most ominous track. The hauntingly gothic sound of "We Three Kings" cannot be scorned nor praised because it is just too weird. While her tune is quite interesting, it takes away some of the good vibes created by the rest of the album. Instead of finishing the album happy, Smith's song actually generates a frightening conclusion...

Author: By Sumeet Garg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stuff Your Stocking | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...even hid it from my advisor," she says. "I felt like I was weird for getting...

Author: By Rachel K. Sobel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coping With RSI on Campus | 12/2/1997 | See Source »

...long-distance relationships called Distance; a variety show with Beck as host; a parody of Kung Fu movies called Kung Pow; a pilot by John Woo; and Band of Spies, a comedy about CIA agents who go deep cover in a rock band. Hey, it could work, in a weird James-Bond-meets-anthrax, teenage-boy kind of way. Though more videos might be a safer way to shut Bart up for a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THE M IS BACK IN MTV | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...think that now it's even more complicated to answer the question, 'where are you from?' because now I'm an American." Asani says. "So now I have this weird identity: African-Asian-American. The categories have so broken down that I wonder if it's at all meaningful to use these labels...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Asani Uses Diverse Background as Tool in Teaching Indo-Muslim Language, Culture | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...kind of like Romeo and Juliet, only Juliet is a married teacher who gave birth to the daughter of Romeo, who was her student in a sixth-grade classroom. O.K., it's nothing like Romeo and Juliet, but it sure is weird. The attractive Seattle teacher, MARY KAY LETOURNEAU, 35, who gave birth to the burly pupil's daughter this year, had been claiming mutual, consensual love. But last week she tearfully apologized in court and was sentenced to six months in prison--instead of the maximum 7 1/2--after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree child rape. LeTourneau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 24, 1997 | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

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