Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lianna--an attractive woman in her early 30's--gave up college to marry her professor. By the time the movie begins, she has realized that she cannot stand him. The realization is not surprising: Dick epitomizes chauvinist arrogance with no redeeming qualities. The mystery is why it took her more than 13 years to come to this conclusion...
...faculty party, Lianna spots Dick frolicking in a sandbox with one of his female students. When, later in the evening, she accuses him of indefidelity, he neither admits to not denies the charge. But the thin trickle of sand as he removes his shoe confirms his guilt. Lianna leaves him and moves in with Ruth, her night-school psychology professor. It's that simple. One day she is married, the next she has a female lover...
...talking about frills," agreed Dick Brescia, an owner representative on NAHS. "This is the serious nuts and bolts of decent housing," he added...
...later, Governor Michael S. Dukakis enters with a small entourage and the dancers take a brief respite to gather around the newly elected chief executive. Were it not for the Harvard and Currier House banners hanging from the wall, a casual observer might have mistaken the Duke for Dick Clark and the dancers for participants on American Bandstand. After the blessing, Dukakis exits and the Clash's "Rock the Casbah" fills the cavernous building...
...first full week of operation the FBI hot line received reports from more than 140 citizens, many of them anonymous. "We're getting them from all walks of life," said Special Agent Dick Ross, "professional people, people who are in local government and people who think they just might have heard something that will help us." Partly because the tips have proved promising, a special federal grand jury will convene in March to consider more indictments. The grand jury will look into wrongdoing not only in Hillsborough County but all along Florida's west coast from Fort Myers...