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Word: characterizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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All across America, the same stirring. But it shows itself in different ways. In the capitals of the 50 states, those differences are delineated in lights. This Christmas the capitals have become beacons bearing witness to individual state character.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: States' Lights and Christmas Rites | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

His handling of last winter's record blizzards helped bury the political career of for mer Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic. Now a sculpture of Bilandic and his socialite wife Heather, by John Setick, has created another blizzard, this one of controversy. Sefick's The Bilandics, which the sculptor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

While there are some amusing moments in 1941, there is none of the spontaneity that makes for fun. The movie's premise is as overblown as its execution. 1941 seems to be composed of ill-matched parts of The Russians Are Coming, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bombs Bursting in Air | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

The problem of a career was solved when Barrie discovered a talent for the sentimental stories favored by Victorians. He wrote about his mother, his childhood and, most particularly, about boys. The other problem-women-was more difficult. Sketching out a character, he noted: "Perhaps the curse of his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Lost Man | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Whatever happened or did not happen in the bedroom, Mary was not a large part of Barrie's life. His chief attachments were reserved for male youths. Finally, in the late '90s, he met and, in effect, married his true love: the Davies family. Arthur Davies was a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Lost Man | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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