Word: asset
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There is a disturbing trend in Hollywood to obliterate camp - even though campiness is a chief asset of a cult classic or any movie that acquires legendary status. But suddenly, movie execs want purity--"truth" at all costs. The latest victim is Barbarella, that terribly cheesy but wonderfully entertaining 1968 film starring Jane Fonda; Fonda vamped it up as an astronaut in the 41st century trying to save a positronic ray. Audiences ate it up. Drew Barrymore has signed on for a remake, but the new Barbarella will dump the camp factor and tell a very serious scientific story about...
Carl A. Tempesta, a spokesperson for Harvard Shuttle Services, described shuttleboy as "an excellent asset to the undergraduate population...
Still, Dockery said, a Harvard degree is not always an asset in the world of sports...
With such limited range, the Radcliffe name might seem like an insignificant asset--or even awkward conversation piece--for most graduates. But some alumnae say it is a crucial tool for establishing relationships with other professional women...
Judging from Fox's experience, it's not always easy to predict what the reaction to the Harvard name will be outside the Northeast. In some areas, a Harvard degree is a commonplace resume asset, while in some less Crimson-populated places in the world, it can draw a comparison to royalty...