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Men! Sweaty, hairy things! They think every problem can be solved with either fists or power tools, and they don't know how to shop, cook or listen. In so many modern movies, a guy is a goon with a grudge, a hyperactive child on steroids. The summer blockbusters show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paging Doc Jollygood | 9/9/1991 | See Source »

The new, cooperative spirit between George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has prompted some Democrats to worry about their domestic standing with Jewish voters. This time it's the Democrats who come off as "wimpy," says a Jewish Democratic activist.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's War Dividend | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

4 to 1. Wimpy Tories afraid to tell her that the poll tax has been too taxing on her polls have a dream scheme: get husband Denis to ask her to retire.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Morning Line | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

But does this leave me in the position of labeling everyone else's puruits at Harvard--athletic or otherwise--as "wimpy"? As "nice and pleasant self-improvement activities"? The answer is an undeniable no.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Isn't Everything | 4/7/1990 | See Source »

Of course, I'm too wimpy to take a stand against the owner of the "Eighth Wonder of the World." I meekly waited for my plane to land, a pathetic display of irrationally troubled conscience.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: One Trump, No Heart | 4/4/1990 | See Source »

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