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Word: characterizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Superman. Whoo-whoo. A piece of already chewed bubble gum, out of which the producers have tried to blow a big, big, big bubble. With all the money that went into this film it should have soared, or at least floated agreeably. But the writers have crammed too much in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '50s Nostalgia and '70s Paranoia | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

The Black Star Theatre will be casting roles for Melanctha, a dance drama adapted from the story by Gertrude Stein. The title character is a mulatto woman; the play traces her relationships with a black doctor, two black women, and various whites in her community. Using the basic plot-line...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Up in Arms and Out to Lunch | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

Nothing better illustrates how little Arizona has changed since Bolles's death better than the very prosecution of Bolles's murderers. The three lower-class hoods who set up the bomb that killed have all been apprehended and either sentenced to death or plea-bargained for lesser sentences, but the...

Author: By Mark A. Feldstein, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Business As Usual | 1/9/1979 | See Source »

Having said all that, one must admit that there is a certain liveliness in Director Pierson's work. He has a way of filling out the frame with energetic, emotionally charged-up figures. There are color and movement in his work, and it contrasts vividly with the more calculated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Gypped | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Like a biblical prophet, Christopher Lasch appears at the gates of our culture with dire pronouncements: "Storm warnings, portents, hints of catastrophe haunt our times ... Defeat in Viet Nam, economic stagnation, and the impending exhaustion of natural resources have produced a mood of pessimism in higher circles, which spreads through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Pursuit of Happiness | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

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