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Word: dad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...played with reptilian brio by Michael Douglas, he has some of the pile- driving charm of Michael's actor father Kirk in his early gangster roles. As it happens, the lizardly Gekko is a potential father figure for sly Fox; the other is Bud's dad, a working-class hero who is a mechanic at the small airline that Gekko may soon devour. The elder Fox is played by Charlie Sheen's own dad Martin; and to complete the motif, Stone has dedicated Wall Street (as he did Salvador) to his stockbroker father, who died two years ago. The entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Season Of Flash And Greed | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...dad, brother, roommates...I...know what you are up to, and I think it's time we brought it all out into the open. I wish to begin my life anew without early morning aggravation," I said, then pausing for dramatic effect. "So which one of you slimeballs is behind the hair on my toothpaste...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Hair Today, Still There Tomorrow | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

...told my dad I'd get him the puck," Sasner added...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Icewomen Put Stop to Yale, 5-0 | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...herself to giving up her legislative seat, though even today one can hear hints of regret over abandoning her dream of becoming a judge. Their respective religions were a more serious problem -- for the parents. Martin Simon was initially opposed to the match. At one point, his son asked, "Dad, if I married the worst drunk in the county and she was a Lutheran, then would it be all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Paul Simon: Some of That Old-Time Religion | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...Dabney Coleman as an oafish sportswriter, opts for a looser structure and more melancholy tone. Slap is a blustering loser who is constantly getting socked in the face, pushed around by his boss and dumped on by women; when his estranged son shows up for a visit, the reluctant dad has to poll co-workers for possible topics of conversation. Not exactly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Not Playing It for Laughs | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

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