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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Motivated by the Buck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 31, 1978 | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...opposition. The corn "burns cleanly and has no detectable emissions," says Edwin McDivitt, 49, manager of utilities for LMU and the driving force behind the idea. He adds: "It would be nice to say that we did it for environmental reasons, but I got into it to save a buck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Coal on the Cob | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

...Carol & Ted & Alice: "She has this strange sexuality, which has the slightest edge of being funky, and this humor." She is the exact opposite of a gently provocative Diane Keaton, much more like a latter-day Judy Holliday (but brassier). Cannon downright dares to be vulgar. Says Buck Henry, co-director (with Beatty) of Heaven Can Wait: "She's successful because she's not afraid to make a fool of herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Dyan for Some Laughs | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

...character roles in little-seen films (Straight Time, The Last American Hero). Whether he is playing Holly as a hick in the big city or a lovesick husband or a teen-age idol, Busey always seems convincing. He brings a swagger to the musical numbers and an engaging buck-toothed charm to the script's dramatic moments. Maybe the real Holly was someone else entirely, but Busey is certainly the right man for this paradoxical film. He is at once sexy enough to turn on the young and sweet enough to bring home to Mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Memory Lanes | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

...dumpy, buck-toothed idiot poked Bobby...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

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