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Word: badness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...central character is Paul (William Converse-Roberts), a young, success-driven banker. We see him making connections at cocktail parties, bad-mouthing fellow-workers to his boss and jetting to exotic lands to work out deals. His significant other, Fran (Alice Manning), is just as stereotypical (but then, don't they always come in twos). She feels her pink-collar job as a graphics artist fails to stimulate her intellect and is unsatisfied with her romantic life. So Fran sleeps with...Peter (Peter Crombie), Paul's old '60s throwback friend, who at least talks of the old idealism even...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Big Deal | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...movie version of Jay McInerney's bestseller is getting a bad rap which seems to confirm the bad reputation it earned before it was even released. Oh no, the detractors said, another up-in-coke account of yuppie New York. Oh no, they added, Michael J. Fox plays an arrogant asshole once again. But BLBC is worth your viewing time. It is quite well done and true to the spirit and plot of the novel...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Coke Adds Life | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...this weekend, the Harvard rugby team will probably be some very bad boys...

Author: By Casey J. Lartgue jr., | Title: Ruggers Eager to Play; Men Head to Tourney | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...Motorcycling had a bad image prior to the 1960s--a marginal sort of image, perpetrated and supported by movies like the Marlon Brando film, 'The Wild One,'...about an alienated kid who confronted his hostility by being part of this motorcycle gang that goes into a small town and causes utter chaos," according to Booth. The Hell's Angels, a "notorious, infamous gang of outlaws who ride primarily Harley [motorcycles]," also contributed to this negative image of bikers...

Author: By A. LOUISE Oliver, | Title: The Art of Motorcycle Photography | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...Bad For Amateurs...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Australian National Team Humbles Laxwomen, 22-3 | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

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