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Word: canonic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every type of cherished ploy from the classic Marx canon is here, the inane non sequiturs, the sappy puns and the bedlam chases, in this instance through the byzantine corridors of Tony Walton's red-wallpapered dollhouse of a set. Dick Vosburgh splices his own lines into the action as if he had collaborated on the films. To use a song title from the show: Hooray for Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pixyland | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

...photo on the bottom left Mr. N takes a picture of his wife and baby. This will be a good one, because all he has to do with his new Canon (he was going to buy an Olympus, but he doesn't like Cheryl Tiegs) is focus and shoot. Mr. N has no trouble focusing. Copies of this picture will go to all of the grandparents (there are three sets due to divorce and remarriage) and the Princeton University Alumni Bulletin...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: "And This One's at Faneuil Hall (Wish You Were Here)" | 4/30/1980 | See Source »

Polavision was not the company's only source of troubles. Amid declining film sales, earnings last year plunged by 70% to $36.1 million. Younger photographers often prefer the new, easy-to-use 35-mm cameras like the Pentax ME and the Canon AE1 over instant cameras. Polaroid has also found market resistance to the high initial cost of its film, now about 60? per picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Polaroid's Land Steps Down | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...hopeful signs; Reagan speaks of a "national constituency" explaining that Iowa (and, perhaps, New Hampshire) aren't as important as America. And downstairs, a middle-aged woman tries to get into the "security area" the Secret Service man have set up around the candidate. She is armed with a Canon AE-1, 200 mm lens firmly attached. "I don't know how to use this; it's my son-in-law's. But I must see Mr. Reagan. He's so good-looking...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Reagan's Last Chance | 2/16/1980 | See Source »

...school train managers for effective decision-making in business, or teach broader business theory through more academic methods? For now, the Business School community seems to agree with its associates that the school's strategy is successful, and that the case method should remain prominent in the school's canon regardless of Bok's report...

Author: By Michael G. Harpe and Stephen R. Latham, S | Title: The B-School Makes Its Case | 2/2/1980 | See Source »

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