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Word: gorgeously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they limit the water pressure in their sinks and toilets. On a cable-TV cartoon series, Captain Planet, Cruise lends his voice to ecologically sound Captain Planet. Says Bonnie Reiss of ECO: "Isn't this guy too good to be true? He loves animals, children, people. And he's gorgeous, O.K.? I mean, please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...photograph appeared in LIFE's Aug. 11, 1941, issue and later became a ubiquitous pinup during World War II: a surrealistically gorgeous woman partially dressed in a shimmering negligee knelt on a bed and smiled enigmatically over her bare left shoulder. Inspired by this stunning vision in black-and-white, countless G.I.s knew exactly what they were fighting for. Mom, apple pie and Rita Hayworth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sad Life of a Love Goddess | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...watched longingly as African-American mayors took control of a score of major cities. Though they constituted Gotham's second largest ethnic group, blacks had not won a single citywide office. Last week they finally exulted in a triumph of their own. Drawing support from what he called a "gorgeous mosaic" of black, Hispanic and white voters, David Dinkins edged out former U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani to succeed three-term Mayor Edward Koch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nice Guy Finishes First | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...partly due to the sizzling sex scenes that ornament her recent movies. As a prim D.A. in The Big Easy, she gets lessons in precision ecstasy from handy Dennis Quaid. A Barkin heroine will tussle with any man on even terms, perhaps to the death. In Mary Lambert's gorgeous, complex ghost story Siesta, Barkin is already dead, but that cannot stop her from a convulsive rendezvous with the aerialist of her dreams. Or from looking sensational in a stop-light red dress and a body sculpted by daily workouts. These two films, though, were cult objects for cinephiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Barkin Up the Right Tree | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...capitalist philanthropy. The parable itself, though, is rather silly. Brecht was a brilliant playwright and poet, but his ideas were pure Stalin-era blustering. As a viewer sits watching the hero Jimmy get executed for having been unable to pay his bar bill, he can only marvel at the gorgeous music Weill provided for this nonsense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ferocious Parable | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

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