Word: badness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...called Johnson "the John McEnroe of skiing." Johnson was scarcely this bad; he didn't scream at officials, and was never anything but cheerful, even to the Austrians. In his self-delight, he gave the impression, walking quite alone, of a pair of young lovers strolling hand in hand...
There is the good Stanley Donen and there is the bad Stanley Donen. The good one has for 35 years directed elegant entertainments like Singin' in the Rain, Charade, Two for the Road and Movie Movie. Every once in a while, though, his dark double appears and turns out something like Staircase or Lucky Lady and, now, Blame It on Rio. Inelegant is too mild a word for it; even distasteful doesn't quite cover it. Shall we say disgusting...
...originally thought to be, but it contains upwards of 20 "race movies" (as they were once called), including some "lost" films and excellent prints and negatives of other movies that will give scholars and the public a chance to see them fresh, free of the murk of age and bad dupes. In addition, Jones has ambitious hopes for circulating the pictures, perhaps even on television...
...There should be no linkage, Linkage is the policy of recalling treaties because of "bad" Soviet behavior. This policy is based on the ridiculous belief that treaties are rewards to the Soviet Union for good behavior. Bilateral disarmament is beneficial to both nations and is necessary for the survival of our planet. Andrew Popell '87 Michael Magoon Freshman, U.C. Berkeley
Throughout the contest the partisan Harvard crowd voiced its approval for every Crimson point and its disapproval for frequent bad "let" calls by a Tiger...