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Word: byes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like his settings, his characters' movements and gestures appear stylized to Western eyes, for they move with the grace and ceremonial formality of traditional Japanese etiquette. No one says hello or bids good-bye, pays a compliment or enters a room, without bowing politely to show respect, or even deep affection. These motions raise the most ordinary pastimes to a kind of cherished ritual. The langorous physical actions and static facial expressions actually serve to heighten one's awareness of constant tension. For even at the most peaceful moments, fans tremble incessantly in the hands of the actors, attempting...

Author: By Celie B. Betsky, | Title: The Coming of Age in Tokyo | 11/3/1972 | See Source »

...little blonde poppets land parent-traps for their unsuspecting elders and the sacred foursome of the American Family ended up living happily ever after. During the 60's the scene began to change. Guys and gals rebelled against their moms and dads. Both sides waved good bye to each other over a widening generation gap. Parents still holding up their hands in threatening gesture of authority. Children flicking a last piece of chewing gum or a motocross magazine disdainfully across the gulf...

Author: By Celia B. Betsky, | Title: Caught in the Parent Trap | 10/28/1972 | See Source »

...Bye-bye, I'm free, free as a bird. I'm going to have a ball in New York," said Martha Mitchell to Washington Post Columnist Maxine Cheshire as she packed up to leave the capital for good. After several months of unaccustomed silence, the chatty wife of the former Attorney General wanted to clear up some unfinished business. For one thing, "I want to be sure my side is revealed in that people know I'm not sitting here a mental case or an alcoholic," she told another reporter. Martha also wanted to identify the brute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 25, 1972 | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

Like his settings, his characters' movements and gestures appear stylized to Western eyes, for they move with the grace and ceremonial formality of traditional Japanese etiquette. No one says hello or bids good-bye, pays a compliment or enters a room, without bowing politely to show respect, or even deep affection. These motions raise the most ordinary pastimes to a kind of cherished ritual. The langorous physical actions and static facial expressions actually serve to heighten one's awareness of constant tension. For even at the most peaceful moments, fans tremble incessantly in the hands of the actors, attempting...

Author: By Celia B. Betsky, | Title: The Coming of Age in Tokyo | 7/28/1972 | See Source »

THEY SENT me catalogues for Oklahoma! and Bye-Bye Birdie, but it was Brel that I was going to do." Guy started calling people and soon discovered that the folks at MTI had legally committed themselves when they gave the earlier promise. "I sent them a telegram, a night letter about 150 words long, politely asking 'Why are you fucking us over? Why won't you let me do the show?'" The next morning Guy got his phone call...

Author: By Alan Heppel, | Title: Directing Brel: Monomania & Other Virtues | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

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