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Word: disgusting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that most basic of institutions, the family. The attack is every bit as relentless, unfair and "tasteless" as Altman's devastation of the military was in M*A*S*H. Although the family is certainly undergoing change and questioning, the director does not have a national mood of disgust (which Viet Nam provided for the earlier picture) to support him. All he has is his own disarming skill as a moviemaker to keep audiences in an accepting mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Subversives | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...pressures of the expanding world. I believe that people can improve their society and that they can enhance their environment. What I submit is not a lofty doctrine of Utopian ideals; instead, it is a confidence, in self and in humanity, that defeats the forces of apathy, insolence, and disgust which have invaded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Missing the Point? | 7/28/1978 | See Source »

...Naah, I mean a dime for two nickels," the idiot replied, inadvertantly spitting pieces of ice cream cone and spittle all over Bobby's green work-pants as he spoke. Bobby grimaced, looked at him with a twisted faceful of disgust, "You mean two nickels for a dime...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

...crowd had worked itself into pent-up silence, awaiting the pitch of the season. The sweat was pouring down from Bobby's brow, flooding his eyes and blurring his vision. He stepped off the mound to wipe his forehead; George Foster rolled his eyes with impatience and disgust, stepping out of the batter's box and shaking his bat about like a mean club. The fans were vibrating with tension...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

...soap operas, she has brought her brood, because "city kids don't get a chance to play in the dirt much. Besides, I used to go to a lot of these things." But rock concerts today are not the same as their 1960s antecedents, she insists, surveying with disgust the already growing carpet of empty beer cans and wine bottles around her. "There's a lot more drinking and puking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Manhattan: Reliving the '60s | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

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