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Word: characterizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Why did the trends begin to shift? Arthur M. Bueche, senior vice president for R. and D. at General Electric, which remains the most research-oriented of big U.S. companies (862 patents won last year), is concerned about a change in the American character. Says he: "We've gone from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Innovation Recession | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

They are, manifestly, a diverse, and therefore amiable set of cruise companions, and unless one has read the book, it is impossible to break the case before Poirot does. The trouble with the thing is that though Shaffer (the author of Sleuth) can outline a highly stylized murder-mystery character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Camping in Style | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Equipped with a kaleidoscopic face, a pliant body and Umber vocal cords, Williams simply runs through a cast of character sketches unseen since the early days of Jonathan Winters. "Earthquake!" he will yell, jumping up and down, before he rushes out to the audience to heckle himself. Within seconds, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Robin Williams Show | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Girl Friends, directed and produced by Claudia Weill '68, is a small movie. It's not that nothing happens, but when it's all over, you wonder if it was worth the trip. What you see on the screen is hardly more engaging than watching your neighbors. A lot of...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Passing Acquaintances | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

WEILL'S APPARENT PURPOSE is to focus on the friendship of the two women, but she shifts to a study of Susan. While it is Mayron's performance which makes Susan such an attractive and humorous character, not all the problems with the character of Ann stem from Skinner's...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Passing Acquaintances | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

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