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Word: autographed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shield Garry from sexual autograph hunters. A would-be ingenue (Kate Burton) pinions him and won't take goodbye for an answer. After a night of love, the manager's wife and the producer's mistress (Christine Lahti) hears the tintinnabulation of wedding bells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Slambang Scott | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...Brawl, is to realize how the traits of style cited against it by detractors-the theatrical "unreality" of costume, the clear, generalized volumes of cylindrical arm or egg-shaped head-actually connect it to the rest of La Tour's oeuvre and help certify it as an autograph work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Feast from Le Grand Siecle: 17th Century France at the Met | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

Retreating into a shell is harder for those endlessly hounded by autograph-seeking clones and garbage-picking tabloid reporters--often, a pair of sunglasses is the only barrier. But in Jerzy Kosinski's Pinball, rock star Goddard not only manages to escape the publicity bubble but to leave it behind intact. In six years Goddard has struck gold on album after album, selling more records than any other rock star. In those six years, though, Goddard has never given a concert, interview or autograph. He has maintained a better secret identity than Superman. Even Lois Lane was suspicious; Goddard...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Tilting | 3/25/1982 | See Source »

Chapman, the son of an Atlanta bank-loan collector, liked working with children, played in a high school band and idolized Lennon. He left his job as a Honolulu security guard and flew to New York with money borrowed from his Japanese wife. After getting Lennon's autograph, he killed his hero with four hollow .38-cal. bullets. He was arrested moments later, carrying a copy of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Matched Pair of Gunmen | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

...snappish dog was unnecessary in the days before Garp. But after his smashing success, Irving's 19th century converted red barn became a target for autograph seekers and scraggly youths offering to do odd jobs for a chance to receive Garpian wisdom at the feet of their reluctant guru. In fact, before Irving's rugged head was known to the nation, the author was a Putney person who did advertise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life into Art: Novelist John Irving | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

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