Word: clothespins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Clip, a quartz fashion watch set into a clothespin-like plastic clip that is designed to be worn almost anywhere except the wrist, has captured markets in 20 countries. The clip sells at about the same price as a Swatch and comes in 60 models, with such names as Tutti Frutti and Panther. Following the European debut of Le Clip in mid-1986, retailers sold more than 1 million within twelve months. The watch has now traveled to the U.S., where the manufacturer aims to sell a total of 750,000 within a year. Le Clip is hottest in California...
Hutton's camera catches all the nuances and real-life minutiae of his characters and settings, from Delaney's pursing of lips and slight cocking of head to the "Wet Paint" sign in the precinct house, to the pink-jacked, clothespin-nosed punk rocker being busted for solicitation. Similarly, the dialogue lends a certain sardonic grittiness to The First Deadly...