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Word: bargainer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there is more to this movie, the work of young barely knowns, than audiences may bargain for in a time when adolescent frenzy is often mistaken for comedy. One guesses that Screenwriter Barish or Director Seidelman was raised in Roberta's world, escaped to Susan's funk scene in lower Manhattan, and lived not just to tell both tales but to process them coolly and ironically. There is not a desperate frame in Desperately Seeking Susan--no anger, no false sentiment, no patronizing. Like the screwball comedies of yore, it places entirely probable people in a highly improbable situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Beautiful Dreamer in a Minefield Desperately Seeking Susan | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...negotiate with Israel and the U.S. in a U.N. conference. Reagan indicated last week that the U.S. might meet with such a delegation if that would further direct negotiations with Israel. But no meeting could include members of the P.L.O., with which the U.S. and Israel refuse to bargain. Hussein and Arafat also endorsed a confederation of Jordan and a Palestinian state on the West Bank, but they gave little indication of how this new entity would be run. Moreover, their accord does not explicitly accept Israel's right to exist or U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which calls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing a New Mideast Role | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...veterans have no qualms. They blow right into the hundreds of bins and racks, systematically but frantically searching for that best bargain...

Author: By Shair Rudavsky, | Title: Bustle in the Basement | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

Filen's Basement didn't make any money on this policy for its first 10 years of life. But today. Filene's Bargain Basement has expanded to 15 stores in New England and plans to open more in a day-after Thanksgiving sale this year. Filene's Basement grossed an astounding...

Author: By Shair Rudavsky, | Title: Bustle in the Basement | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

...There's a certain risk involved if there's an item you really want, you have to wait," says bargain hunter Richard E. Shepard says, "You have to move items to the back of the rack." But he quickly cautions. "You can't leave them there for more than...

Author: By Shair Rudavsky, | Title: Bustle in the Basement | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

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