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Word: victorians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this year. Long ago I tossed out the idea of having a giant foam pit in the corner of my room for frolicking. I also decided that a real waterfall with running water would take too much time to construct. And sadly, I have yet to find an antique Victorian mini-bar--with lots of compartments, mirrors and lighting--at the flea market. So much for those ideas...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: Interior Design: Heavenly Inspiration | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...some, April Cornell embodies the privileged New England look, combining Martha Stewart's passion for details and doo-dads, Victorian opulence and a rather affluent Cambridge clientele...

Author: By Lynda A. Yast, | Title: shoppin | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...ironic result is that journalists may be able to go back to the practice of not reporting such matters, on the legitimate ground that people really don't seem to care. For better or worse, it seems to be the journalists who are making way too much of a Victorian fuss about the President's alleged misbehavior and the rest of the citizenry who are taking it all in stride and keeping it in perspective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Froggy than the French | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

...involved flushing embryos out of the uterus of the egg donor--and was soon eclipsed by in-vitro fertilization. Ultimately the venture failed. Indeed, Seed in recent years appears to have suffered some financial reversals. Until last summer he and his third wife Gloria lived in a two-story Victorian house in Oak Park. But the bank foreclosed on their $341,000 mortgage, and they were forced to move to a modest bungalow in nearby Riverside. "I had a beautiful house," sighs Seed. "It's very difficult to make money but extremely easy to lose it. I lost a couple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cloning's Kevorkian | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

...those who drop in during the weekend seem a sophisticated and relatively prosperous crowd. But, Fernie said that his actual goal is to cater to both the tea aficionado and the first-timer, making the place accessible to those who otherwise would have thought of tea as "snooty" and "Victorian...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Customers Take Tea, Time at Brattle Street Bar | 1/14/1998 | See Source »

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