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Word: yawned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jock-epic. As an adolescent identity search the film fails. Louden asks a lot of questions about sex which are neither interesting nor funny. He gets caught sniffing Carla's panties in the laundry room, and he writes a piece for the school paper on female reproductive organs. Yawn, Carla, unresponsive to Louden's sexual urgings, plays the stoic sex kitten for most of the movie. She doesn't even take off her clothes, destroying any hope of a teen-sex angle. In addition, rocker Madonna makes a cameo appearance, and she doesn't take her clothes off either...

Author: By Christopher J. Harley, | Title: A Philosophical Athlete? | 3/16/1985 | See Source »

...their additional responsibilities, they can be forgiven if they sometimes long for the days of the easygoing men's club. Wrote Robert Mueller, chairman of the Arthur D. Little consulting firm, in his book Behind the Boardroom Door: "At board meetings the one unmatched asset is the ability to yawn with your mouth closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Boards | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...family. Of all the flops of last fall, perhaps the most unexpected was ABC's Paper Dolls. Set in the chic world of New York modeling, the series seemed expertly designed to satisfy the audience's yen for opulent-looking trash. But viewers responded with a gigantic yawn. The show's failure must have caused some nervous gulps at rival NBC, which was busily preparing a glossy soap set in the chic world of New York retailing. Oops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Autumn Goofs, Winter Repairs | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

...surprising that the President lost his concentration. Mondale makes people yawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 5, 1984 | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

Most Californians yawn when the subject of earthquakes comes up, but for the worried few there is earthquake insurance. New policyholders paid premiums of about $70 million last year, and public interest is growing. But a recent state report warns that many insurance companies would not be able to pay off all the claims they would face if a quake the size of San Francisco's 1906 calamity (8.3 on the Richter scale) struck again. Losses for a quake of similar proportions, says the report, would reach $5.5 billion in Los Angeles and $3.9 billion in the San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Insurance: Earthquake Coverage to a Fault | 7/16/1984 | See Source »

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