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Word: slickly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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Fortunately, the light oil carried by the Mega Borg disperses and evaporates more readily than heavy crude. Of the 4 million gal. that escaped, much burned off in surface fires. By week's end the vessel was under control, although one tank was still leaking. The 30-mile-long slick seemed likely to inflict some -- but not major -- damage ashore. It had been a close call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's In Charge Here? | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...story describes an "informal reception"where she meets her fellow Rhodescompetitors--whom she quickly and humorouslydivides into three categories: those aspiring toslickness, the slick, and the truly slick...

Author: By Susan D. Wojcicki, | Title: Witty Woman | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

This group of women owes a stepsisterly debt to Madonna. They are singers who have molded a slick look, cool moves and a crafty urban sound into a commanding cultural presence. One crucial difference is that Madonna now dwells in the realms of rarefied pop; she is a totem of high fashion. Jackson, Abdul, Watley and Estefan have a more vigorous immediacy. They seem, whatever their success, cozier with the kids, closer to the street corner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Dancing On the Charts | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

...With slick looks, cool moves and a crafty urban sound, singers Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Jody Watley and Gloria Estefan have danced to the top of the charts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: May 28, 1990 | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

...idea seems a natural. Like print magazines, video magazines are published on a regular basis (usually bimonthly or quarterly) and are sold by subscription as well as individually (average cost: about $20 an issue). The genre was launched in 1981 with Videofashion Monthly, a slick roundup of fashion news, and a handful of other video magazines came and went during the '80s. Now the proliferation of VCRs (in nearly 70% of U.S. homes today), and the growing number of people who are buying and not just renting tapes, have inspired a host of entrepreneurs to give the infant field another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Tape-Of-the-month Club | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

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