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Word: bigs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...centennial party 13 years ago, there was a nuclear device. So fireworks, by comparison, are hardly a big deal," quipped one Lampy editor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

...range, featured such tuxedo-clad cast in the hundreds. Once inside the Lampy castle, Forbes and crew were feted at the head table with a lavish meal. Other guests didn't get dinner, but there were drinks and hors d'oeuvres for all. But despite the big bucks lavished on the celebration, everything did not go without a hitch for Harvard's so-called humor magazine. The vodka supplies were critically depleted, according to a basement bartender, and first choice drinks could not be assured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

...past few years the entertainment industry has squarely placed adoption issues in the realm of television. So only a star-studded cast could have flungImmediate Family, which treats the subject of open adoption, onto the big screen...

Author: By Gayle BETH Fenster, | Title: Twisted Family Tree | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

Immediate Family reminds viewers that serious actors do not have to be type-cast. Before realizing Close once played Big Chill-type roles, audience members expect her to be holding a knife instead of a birthday present in her lap at the movie's start. And where is the whiskey-swigging adventurer Woods plays in Salvador...

Author: By Gayle BETH Fenster, | Title: Twisted Family Tree | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

Barbara Benedek, who co-wrote The Big Chill with Immediate Family producer Lawrence Kasdan, pieced together the movie's sentimental screenplay. Benedek's greatest literary strength is her sense of timing. Immediate Family runs at a well-paced clip, which keeps the movie's short segments from becoming disjointed...

Author: By Gayle BETH Fenster, | Title: Twisted Family Tree | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

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