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Word: bettye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Beyond this tier of vice-presidential possibilities, the roster of women prospects thins rapidly. Even women with national experience have nagging liabilities. Four-term Maryland Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski, 48, for example, is too abrasive and pro-union (she has a 100% AFL-CIO rating) to help a national ticket. Others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Filling the Democratic Pipeline | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

Two weeks after Betty Gloss won $6 million in the Illinois lottery last October, a police officer carrying a birth certificate visited the home of the winner and her husband Arthur. "I'm your son," the officer said to Mr. Gloss. "I'm Arthur Gloss Jr." As a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Lightning Strikes | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

Like Betty Gloss, Ken Natzke won $6 million ($300,000 a year for 20 years) in the Illinois lottery last October. A onetime carpet cleaner, Natzke is now co-owner of a handyman service and part owner of a production company that books entertainment acts like Elvis Presley Impersonator Rick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Lightning Strikes | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

Of the numerous confessionals in the film, the only one which nears full development is Pete's. In one of the movie's few captivating scenes, in which a crazed and doped out Pete threatens to kill Betty, Bridges gives us a fleeting glimpse into the terror and paranoia that...

Author: By David H. Pollock, | Title: Winging It | 5/4/1984 | See Source »

The absence of stimulating conversation adds to the film's clumsy, amateur appearance. Most of the dialogue is either narrative or banal, offering little insight into the characters as people. When the characters are occasionally developed. Bridges resorts to stereotypes. Mike carries around a black book with names of available...

Author: By David H. Pollock, | Title: Winging It | 5/4/1984 | See Source »

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