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Word: awe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...headed along the road in any circumstance short of pitched battle and that men with cameras would take the utmost risks to get close to the action. Said Miami Herald Photographer Murry Sill: "It is like being in a meteor shower-you stand in it and gaze up in awe and try to stay out of its way." Added CBS Correspondent George Natanson: "If you do not want to take chances, you go into public relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Treacherous Lure of a Story | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

...truth be told, as varied as these offerings might be, they are not exactly awe inspiring. If you find a diet of hamburgers, pizza, a little bit of salad, and an occasional bite of Chinese satisfactory, you might be sated by Cambridge's offerings For those in search of a more meaningful dining experience, a trip to Boston is definitely in order The local array of French, Japanese, seafood, and places you might conceivably want to take your parents leaves much to be desired--a fact you'll learn yourself all too soon. Here's a rundown of places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cheeseburger To Go, French Fries, Coke | 6/26/1983 | See Source »

...story, with irresistibly hummable songs and some wince-worthy gags (She: Assault and battery! Is that serious? He: I don't know about assault, but for battery they charge you and put you in a dry cell). The attractive, high-spirited cast avoids the twin pitfalls of archaeologist awe and camp condescension. And Lawson is a deadpan delight, a sad-clown naif in the spirit of Buster Keaton and Harry Langdon. Whether scurrying for his snooty brothers' clothes while muttering an ironic "With pleasure!" or double-talking his way into the princess's ball as an Amazonian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Looking for the Real Thing | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...other film maker has put these beliefs to such rigorous artistic tests as Bergman. Here, though, he has a merry time juggling his three weighty balls, maneuvering his characters and his audience from one house to another, from reverie to terror to awe. This is a movie where, as Isak says, "anything can happen." A nude statue can beckon to a wide-eyed boy; Fanny and Alexander can disappear from inside a steamer trunk; the ghost of Oscar Ekdahl can return home for a chat with his old, living mother. Such is the unique chicanery of movies, and Ingmar Bergman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: House Guests | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...bonanza for weeks and months to come. "I saw the first two movies only 15 times each," apologized one young man in a Manhattan queue. "But my friend Abby saw them 150 times each. She even sounds like Darth Vader sometimes." However it sounds, such talk fills Hollywood with awe and sets gold chains tinkling with envy up and down Rodeo Drive. If George Lucas does not have the Force with him, he has something just as good: millions and millions of moviegoers, standing in line, eager to get inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Force Is with It | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

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