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Word: capricorn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also rings up her astrologer for consultations, keeps a sharp watch on the configurations of the heavens, and divines that Capricorns like herself "are aggressive and workaholics. I am certainly a workaholic. Capricorn women also display an incredibly cold sexuality." She is quick to add, how ever, "I can't have an affair of the body without one of the mind. It's not in my morals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Gaudy Reign of the Disco Queen | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Central---425 Mass Ave, Central Square--I--Illustrious Corpses, 5:15, 7:25, 9:30.--II--Diubolique, 6, 9:35, Crime of M. Lange, 8. Fresh Pond Cinema--Fresh Pond Parkway--I--Capricorn I, 2, 4:15, 7:15, 9:30.--II--The Goodbye Girl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILM | 7/14/1978 | See Source »

CINEMA 57: Capricorn One--1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15. Greaser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film | 6/30/1978 | See Source »

...Hyams did not push himself harder, for Capricorn One could be better. If the film had a few fewer plot holes, a bit more narrative depth and far less signposting dialogue, it might even have been a space-age Manchurian Candidate. A classier cast would also have helped. Gould, Holbrook and Waterston are all in fine, easygoing form, but Brolin and Simpson are useless heroes: they are not big enough stars or good enough actors to make us care about their fates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fake-Out | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

Even so, the failings of films like Capricorn One are part of the special charm of pulpy summer movies. They should have saggy sections so that moviegoers can engage in such seasonal activities as smooching, scratching sunburn and relieving themselves of beer. For that reason, Capricorn One must be savored before Labor Day - at which point its brief shelf life will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fake-Out | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

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