Word: crass
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...going for $500 to $20,000 a bauble. In addition, and addition is the point, there will be a new perfume named for Krystle ($150 an ounce). On her own, Evans is lending her name to a new low-cal drink called Crystal Light. Won't all this crass commercialization muddy the good Carrington name? Nonsense, nothing sticks to the Carringtons. So why should this stuff...
...condoning the newsletter which was admittedly crass and tasteless But we found it no more insulting than articles written in the Harvard Lampoon, which is delivered at regular intervals to our door. The Pi newsletter was intended for Pi members It was delivered by hand, stapled shut, and addressed to a Pi member Why a Kirkland House woman opened a letter that was clearly not intended for her a is beyond us Holly Idelson's reference to a private newsletter as an official publication of an established club" which "implies an endorsement of like-minded thinking" is twisting the whole...
...Dead Zone has grossed $20 million since its late October release, while Christine has raked in a more modest $10 million). King's deftly spun tales of vampires, haunted hotels and psychically advanced humans have brought a measure of class and complexity to a genre domiated by crass scare films like Friday the 13th. "King creates youthful protagonists who are very much in tune with what's going on in the contemporary world of adolescents," says De Palma. "In books, he is the new Disney." Adds Christine Producer Kobritz (who also produced the TV movie of 'Salem...
...behind-the-scenes glimpse of what law enforcement officials call a "boiler room" operation. Such telephone-sales scams are springing up in South Florida faster than authorities can shut them down. Testified James Bennett, a U.S. Oil and Gas salesman who quit because his conscience bothered him: "These were crass people. They'd sell their own mother. And if their mother was already sold, they'd go out and buy another mother and sell her at a profit...
Lourdes has long been the target of criticism from Catholics who are offended by the crass commercialism of the more than 700 religious souvenir shops, innumerable ice-cream parlors and other tourist businesses that line its narrow streets. Lourdes alarm clocks, fondue sets and cigarette lighters compete for shelf space with bottles of "Eau de Toilette a la Bernadette" (three scents), tin napkin holders depicting Bernadette and the Virgin, and plastic packets of "Lourdes Mints" guaranteed to be made from grotto water...