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Word: asses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...adding to the violence. In Bedford-Stuyvesant, for example, the situation gradually came under control as enough police arrived to station four or five cops on every corner of the most troubled area, while other cops prowled in marked and unmarked cars. One worn-out sergeant told me: 'My ass is numb and my shoulders are scrunched from riding with five other men in a Pontiac Tempest." But it worked. As tensions eased, the police avoided making arrests as much as possible to help cool things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BLACKOUT: NIGHT OF TERROR | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

...perceived as a middle-class lobby protecting our own ass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Wimpy Takes Command | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...sometimes have to apologize for," says Kris Kristofferson, the trucker Ali falls for. A more direct comment comes from Burt Young, who played Talia Shire's crude, ugly brother in Rocky and who goes by the CB monicker "Pigpen" in Convoy. "Sam's a pain in the ass, but we all want to be part of his gang. He's a genius, the bastard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Truckin' with the Big Iguana | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

...role beyond the capsule description by the bandleader (played by Big Band Vet eran Georgie Auld, who also supplies the sax solos on the sound track) who first hires Jimmy. "Jimmy plays a barrelful of sax," says the leader, "but he's a top pain in the ass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dissonant Duet | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...Bard. It is he who wakens the star-vexed lovers and sets them in pursuit of those who will scornfully spurn them. It is he who inspires the Queen of the Fairies, Titania (Maggie Smith), to dote in adoration on Bottom (Alan Scarfe) after the head of an ass has been grafted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Stratford's Reunion with the Classics | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

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