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Word: baddings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recede into the distance, whereupon a bunch of shapely limbs wind and unwind to John Williams' less than austere music. The whole thing is modeled on the title sequences in the Bond films, but aside from its inappropriteness, it's technically a cut-rate job. It is unspeakably bad. Who was responsible for this sequence? Who? I want to know his name. I can't believe it was Badham. Producer Walter Mirisch? Who? I want to know so I can tear out his throat, break his neck, impale him to the side of a boat, and butcher his baby...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Staking the Wild Vampire | 7/31/1979 | See Source »

Michael B. McElroy, Rotch Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, said yesterday, "Climates can change considerably so adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere may or may not be bad...

Author: By Kim Bendheim, | Title: Scientists Warn Against Synthetic Fuels | 7/31/1979 | See Source »

...Prosper During the Coming Bad Years, Ruff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...game as played by directors, producers and studios is neither good nor bad; as Epstein observes, previewing and then fixing a film is "like taking a play out of town for a tryout." All's well that ends well as long as the picture does well at the box office. Epstein, for one, boasts that he would rewrite Shakespeare: "I think the worst ending in the world is Hamlet. There is too much blood. There should have been a few less corpses." It looks as if Coppola has been won over to that less-is-more outlook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Playing the End Game | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

Donna Summer: Bad Girls (Casablanca). While everyone's gone disco, Summer, the best disco singer in the field, is rocking harder. About one side's worth of songs on this double set will be no trial for even the toughest disco adversary, because Donna has swell pipes and because she is trying to give the music more range and bite. Watch out, Diana Ross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POP: Sounds in a Summer Groove | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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