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Word: boob (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which involves Scotland Yard, the F.B.I., and (of course) Nazis, by punctuating it with a hackneyed score and stagey walk-ons: Clusters of bowler-hatted extras mill around aimlessly, while "protesters" wield suspiciously well-stenciled placards. In addition to its amateurism, the film is cheapened by gratuitous flashes of boob and rump' by its main performers (Selleck, Jane Seymour, and Lauren Hutton...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Trivialities | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

Satire's delivery agent was Vice President Spiro Agnew, a nay boob. The souffles later collapsed in acrimony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Art of Poitical Insult | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...Boob Lube Profits...

Author: By Heidi M. James, Stephen J. Parkey, and John M. Ricardi, S | Title: Professors See Owner Victory In Tentative NFL Settlement | 11/20/1982 | See Source »

...stayed at that innocent level, there would be no need for Mr. Shuttleworth. No Gobbler would have been welcome in the days when Kilroy was here. But Kilroy is not here any more and his, in any case, was a benevolent omnipresence. Not so with his successors: TURP, BOOB, HURK, DZ3, SONY, JUNIOR Y, SODA 1, whose names-if they are names-twist and bubble on the flat surfaces of our lives like virulent bacteria. No place in the country is safe, but New York City is actually under siege, its walls tottering under the cumulative weight of the lettering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Waiting for Mr. Shuttleworth | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

...actors exaggerate their gestures grotesquely, as if performing R-rated charades for the nearsighted. Too Close for Comfort marks a milestone in TV history: the eclipse of a fine comic actor, and the full festering of the smutcom. Never has the medium more fully deserved its reputation as the boob tube...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Bodies in Question | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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