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Word: copse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pisces started small, when DEA agents posing as money launderers infiltrated the U.S. branch of the Colombian drug-smuggling cartel. Over time, the undercover cops won the confidence of higher-ups through efficient, discreet service. And they obtained unprecedented cooperation from authorities in Panama, where many of the drug Mafia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: Hooking Some Big Fish | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONscious parody of and simple misexection of a given film genre is sometimes very slim. Extreme Prejudice, the latest installment in the inconsistent career of Hollywood stoneface Nick Nolte, purports to be a classic action film, combining elements from spy thrillers, cops-and-robbers flicks and even...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Macho Cheese Dip | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

Few shows have proved so much. From the start, Hill Street's gritty, teeming visual style (created in part by shooting with hand-held cameras) set ) it apart from anything else on TV. Its cops were not macho superheroes but flawed men and women with interesting lives both on and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Hill Street, Hail and Farewell | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

Other series are less distinguishable from routine network fare. Duet, a half-hour romantic comedy, uses familiar sitcom contrivances to chronicle the relationship between a detective-story writer and a caterer. And Cannell's 21 Jump Street will spend an hour each week following the exploits of a group of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Room For One More? | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Some returning minors were nabbed by agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, but many others got through. Explained one Indiana student: "All you do is give it to an older friend." On the island, the jail quickly filled to capacity (60) as cops contended with the rowdies. Police checked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Spring Break at South Padre | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

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