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Word: bewitch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...performances are in perfect high pitch. Cher and her screen sisters all catch the edge of flinty, frantic resilience; these three could bewitch any prospective devil. There are nifty turns from Veronica Cartwright (as the local prude) and Helen Lloyd Breed (as a sprightly oldster). Then there's Nicholson. Well! He might have been rehearsing for this role ever since The Shining. If he was over the top there, he is stratospheric here. He is a beast on two legs, grunting, slavering, pawing anyone, and never mind the scratches. Does Jack stink like Daryl? No, he is gloriously rank. Sulfuric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Could It Be . . . Satan? THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...game. I hope that when I come back to the circuit, I will feel really refreshed." A touch of Borg's off-court charm had rubbed off on the bumptious Big Mac. At a White House reception for U.S. Davis Cup and Wightman Cup teams, McEnroe seemed to bewitch First Lady Nancy Reagan, 60, with his new-found gentility. He was unable, however, to coax President Reagan, 70-who prefers his mornings on horseback-onto the court. "I used to play when I was younger," said the President, "but I don't any more because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 28, 1981 | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

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