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Word: dad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Daddy has lost his job as an aerospace executive. The family finances are a shambles. Neighborhood stores have stopped giving credit where credit is overdue. What stern measures can the family bring itself to take in the face of this crisis? Simple. Dad will stop eating steak, Daughter will give up her skiing lessons, and Mom will resign from the Book-of-the-Month Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Downward Mobility | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

...exudes the easy confidence of a man who has always known he will be a star of some kind (and who could, if this movie takes off, become a multimedia presence of some force). He is contrasted with Louis Ferrigno, 24, a Brooklynite trained by his ex-cop dad, an intense and excitable man who is always trying to buoy his boy's confidence. By the peculiar standards of bodybuilding, young Louis appears to be every bit as gorgeous as Arnold. What he cannot see, and what his old man will never accept, is that Arnold has a gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Delicate Beefcake Ballet | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...worst coming back when you know what you're going to be facing--and what you're missing," Richard Nash '80 said. "There's no dad or girlfriend here, not even a decent pizza...

Author: By Lisa C. Hsia, | Title: Freshmen Experience Homesickness | 1/5/1977 | See Source »

...annual trust income of $32,000). The lawyer also played one of Bronfman's tapes. He seemed to hint that Bronfman was not really a kidnap victim but just acting the part, because Sam's voice trails off in a final plea to his father-"O.K., Dad, that's it"-only to reappear a moment later saying briskly, "Do it again." Finally, the prosecution's own witnesses, two FBI agents who questioned Byrne after they had found Bronfman, could not agree on what questions they had asked or what Byrne had answered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Time for Judgment: Lynch or Sam? | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...past and is not simply sewn together of one-liners. Peter Fisher's Brad is mature, intelligent and, most difficult of all, a good Listener. Caroline Jones's Missy knows just how O'Donnell wanted his girl to talk, like a furry-slippered guest at a pajama party: "My dad would have a cow if he caught me," she says, and means it. Andy Birsh as Otis Demarest has the best part in the play and in it he is a wonder. His is an affecting, piercing job of acting, loving and grounded with an evident compassion...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Sleep-away Paradise | 11/18/1976 | See Source »

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