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Word: boxful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Scondras rejects this assertion, replying, "it is like saying that a man earning $16,000 a year who stands at the corner on a soap box saying that all women should be in chains and a man who earns $100,000,000 a year and says all women should be in chains and here is $50,000,000 to ensure some day they get enchained [are equal...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Is Coors the One? | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

...mainstream success: Bette Midler made three comedies for Walt Disney Studios. Zinnng! A sprinkle of stardust, and here comes the happy ending, one as unlikely as the transformation of a white elephant into a soaring Dumbo. Her first, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, was tenth among 1986's box-office winners; the next, Ruthless People, ranked eighth; Outrageous Fortune has earned more than $25 million in the first 25 days of release. The cheeky trio made Disney a major movie studio and Midler Hollywood's top female attraction. Rhapsodizes Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of Walt Disney Studios, who recently signed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...excess. I was miserable." Then, as if in a Hollywood musical (not The Rose), love found Bette Midler. "When I was at my lowest point," Bette says, "Harry called me up out of the blue. This was October of 1984, and in two months we were married" (see box...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...didn't get that. But I did get the bras." Nor does she make many distinctions among her three recent hits: "Was it Outrageous Ruthless People in Beverly Hills? The films have certainly indicated a direction to stay in. The whole package is a surprise: to be a box-office success hand in hand with Disney. A real shocker. I mean, Walt Disney never would have hired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

Disposable razors are one thing, but will anyone buy a throwaway camera? Fuji Photo Film and Eastman Kodak apparently think so. Their new rival models, both announced last week, combine film, plastic lens and a shutter into one small box. After shooting pictures, users will take the entire camera to a photo lab for film processing. Kodak's Fling, which could be available by the summer, will sell for $6.95 and take 24 shots. It contains the 110 film used in Kodak's Instamatic cameras. Fuji will begin selling its Quick Snap this spring. It will cost less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snap It, Scrap It | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

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