Search Details

Word: characterizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Funny how much difference a week or so can make. Eight days ago the universe-leading Red Sox were sighted somewhere on the far side of Mars, tooling for the World Series with all engines on full; now it looks like they might have been sold some bad liquid hydrogen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS | 7/28/1978 | See Source »

For all the disclaimers, the role is clearly modeled on the late Martha Mitchell. Instead of Attorney General John Mitchell, we have Crispin Stewart, a powerful Pennsylvania senator with Presidential ambitions. The Mitchells' young daughter, Martha, has been turned into Alice, a grade school science teacher in her 20s. The...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Worth Is Always Worth Seeing | 7/28/1978 | See Source »

Looking and sounding a lot like Alexander Scourby, Charles Cioffi deserves praise as the senator, though the role remains confusing and enigmatic. We get a clearer picture of his long-dead father. The daughter (Shaine Marinson) is cipher, and the aide (David Rasche) only a little better. This leaves the...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Worth Is Always Worth Seeing | 7/28/1978 | See Source »

Gary Busey, himself a part-time rock musician with Leon Russell's band, delivers Holly's hits adequately; his That'll Be the Day palls only when compared point-blank with the original. As an actor. Busey comes into his own this time around, after a career...

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

But he was so tired and frustrated at his hopeless America as he watched Rick Burleson strike out. The bottom of the ninth was coming up after another beer commercial, and the commercial was so boring (another "Schlitz Light" jobber -- only this time they decided to change the Coburn character...

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

Previous | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | Next