Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because of the unnatural attachment that adults have for children, babies have always been a valuable economic commodity. In the dark ages of America's history, however, the marketing of babies was puritanically frowned upon, and honest baby sellers were forced for many years to stalk the nights like common criminals...
This unorthodox structure serves as the basis for Puig's considerable technical skill, blending in common themes and elements. Each woman is in some way searching for an ideal man; but while the actress and W218 meet the men of their dreams--in colorfully romantic scenes--Ana can only sigh wistfully...
...mild stiffening of limbs and the tremors that mark the onset of Parkinson's disease. Then came the gradual loss of muscle control, leaving them prisoners in their own bodies -- mentally lucid but physically unable to eat, urinate or comb their hair without assistance. Levodopa, the most common treatment for the debilitating illness, had ceased to work for one man and could not be tolerated by the other. Nor were other drugs of use. Facing further deterioration, the two agreed to become guinea pigs in a remarkable experiment conducted at La Raza Medical Center in Mexico City and reported...
Celebrity sporting events are like happy families in a Russian novel: they're all alike. Only the celebrities and the sports change. A number of celebrities, most of whom have nothing in common except that they are celebrities, get together to compete in a sport in which they have no expertise for a number of rewards, the most important of which is money to be donated to their favorite charities...
...stand- up comic of surreal mien who spits out his wit in the strangulated voice of an idiot savant after a go at the glue bottle. Both of these gifted comics are trapped in Hugh Wilson's Burglar, an affable movie that is all plot and no common sense...