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Word: carli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wake up, turn on the Today show. Why, there's Dennis Quaid, talking about his new film, Everybody's All-American. Drive to work, turn on the car radio. The local station is running a chat with Jessica Lange, another star of the intriguing new film Everybody's All-American. Park your car, pick up a newspaper, and read an interview with Taylor Hackford, director of that fascinating new film Everybody's All-American. At lunch, walk past the newsstand. Vanity Fair has a cover story on Jessica Lange, star of the new film Everybody's All-American. Get home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Does This Film Seem Familiar? | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...particularly vicious stereotype appears in a new Pontiac ad. The ad features representatives from a variety of car manufacturers. When the fictional spokesman for Nissan--an Asian actor--stands up he blathers on in basically incomprehensible English. We are meant to see him not only as an enemy, but as a particular type of enemy. He is loud and boorish, all bug-eyes and buck teeth. It is a convenient way to deal with American fears, making Asians seem at once crude and oddly polite and subservient...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Old Racism, New Victims | 11/17/1988 | See Source »

BUSINESS: Car buff Robert Stempel hopes to put a new shine on GM' s image...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...motorists flee from the scenes of minor infractions? Panic, usually, says Michigan State's Beckman. "They run because they're driving Uncle Freddie's car, when Uncle Freddie told them not to. Or they have a six-pack of beer in the car and they're underage. Or they have an expired license. Or they have an outstanding warrant for nonsupport." Most of the runaway drivers are in their teens or 20s, while those doing the chasing tend to be young, inexperienced officers. For the cops, pursuits can spark up long hours of dull patrol duty. In addition, "there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Perils of Hot Pursuit | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...municipalities, there has been an upsurge in lawsuits nationwide. Attorney Barry Waldman of Detroit has represented victims and their families in ten chases. The longest: a 22-mile, 90-m.p.h. race through residential streets that began when a motorist ran a stop sign and ended when his car killed a work-bound autoworker. The victim's family won a judgment of $1 million against the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Perils of Hot Pursuit | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

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