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Word: boing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third, less serious case involved a woman contesting her hairdressers. The woman went for a fashionable "Bo Derek" cornrows hairdo, and, for $50 came away with a frizzy mess. Undaunted, the woman marched over to another salon where she got a much more satisfactory hairdo for a mere $20, but not before having her best friend take photos of the messy do for evidence. Handing before and after photos to the presiding judge, to the great amusement of the court, the difference was nonetheless striking enough for a reimbursement of her original $50 from the offending salon and the satisfaction...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: In the Public Eye | 2/11/1981 | See Source »

...Change of Seasons, Anthony Hopkins plays a glum college teacher having an affair with one of his students (Bo Derek, who is splendid-looking, of course, but whose blankness of eye and manner makes one long to see her admission test). When his wife (Shirley MacLaine) discovers this lapse, she immediately takes up with a young carpenter (Michael Brandon), whose brain has been dulled by an overdose of Consciousness III. Soon they all edgily repair to a country house. There they scandalize the married couple's daughter, who drops by with some problems of her own, and Derek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: 10,9,8,7,6 . . . | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

Runners-up for Miss Tacky, 1980: Elizabeth Taylor ("Not one movie star has worse taste"); Suzanne Somers (a fashion plate of "recycled spaghetti") and Bo Derek ("a butterfly wearing her cocoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 19, 1981 | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...MINIMUM, every movie advertisement in American history has contained three paeans from critics enthralled by the film. Bo Derek's new vehicle, A Change of Seasons, is no exception...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Fall From Grace | 1/14/1981 | See Source »

Rose Bowl, January 1, at Pasadena: Will Bo Schembechler's 9 2 Michigan Wolverines finally break the bowl jinx against Pac-5 winner Washington...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Don't Get Bowled Over | 12/13/1980 | See Source »

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