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...lyrics are old, but the bitterness in Nelson's quiet Southern drawl suggestively evokes this tundra-beast's hurt. Mickey Raphael's Dylanesque harmonica adds to the bittersweetness, blowing a soulful lament around Rudolph's gloomy late...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: More Fantasy, More Preppies | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...lyrics are old, but the bitterness in Nelson's quiet Southern drawl suggestively evokes this tundra-beast's hurt. Mickey Raphael's Dylanesque harmonica adds to the bittersweetness, blowing a soulful lament around Rudolph's gloomy late...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Roll Over Jingle Bells | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...stupid. Even when his life revolves around his favorite horse, even when he lives one ride at a time. Tex's surface optimism and case betray an underside of uncertainly and doubt. Throughout the film. Dillion speaks with a slight and seemingly natural drawl, his lines increase the film's realism. When his horse fearfully jumps away from a log. Tex says, "You've got some imagination in you for a horse." The "for a horse" seems superfluous, since Tex takes his Rowdie about as seriously as he does anything or anyone else...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Growing Up In Bixby | 11/10/1982 | See Source »

...familiar cast: Brad (Judge Reinhold) is the lazily macho chef at the best fast-food joint in town. Damone (Robert Romanus) is the greaser who is about two-fifths as cool as he thinks he is. Spicoli (Sean Penn) is a premature beach bum with a glutinous Valley Boy drawl; he believes that "surfing is a way of life, man-a way of looking at a wave and saying, 'Hey, let's party.' " Linda (Phoebe Cates) and Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) are sweet-faced sexual adventurers on the prowl for men and finding only boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: School Daze | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...Turner as the most important supplier of basic cable service to advance that future. They thronged to his kickoff party at the NCTA gathering and were plainly pleased as the whippet-like (6 ft. 1 in., 175 lb.) Turner windmilled through the crowd greeting many by name, his raspy drawl audible from yards away despite the background music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaking Up the Networks | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

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