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Word: asp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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After Maria exhausts her dramatic repertoire--which includes mother, daughter, sister and husband to Dolores--she takes an asp in hand and reclines on a banquet table to die as Cleopatra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON BOOKS | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

...pulsating blood vessels. Two veins run down his high forehead like stray hairs on a Gorgon. His jugular throbs with moral indignation over sadistic criminals, liberal judges and guys who put ketchup on hot dogs. For Sudden Impact-Dirty Harry IV, Clint has grown a new worry line: an asp of a blood vessel that snakes across his left temple. Heaven knows he needs it. San Francisco is overrun with thrill-juiced punks and Mafia goons. No sweat, though: Harry has more artillery than the Cubans ever dreamed of stocking on Grenada. Interrupting a stickup in a diner, he aims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Season's Bleedings in Tinseltown | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...Tony awards, the five-year run on Broadway (still going strong), a record $9.5 million for the movie rights? On the evidence of this film, no. Instead of elfin simplicity, Director John Huston offers production numbers full of empty extravagance, a host of familiar characters (like Punjab and the Asp) with little to do-and a chorus of baby Mormans knowingly strutting their stuff, breaking the sound and charm barriers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bowwow! Says Sandy | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

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