Word: duds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said, "You can go home, now" to Loyola-Marymount, the media darlings of the tournament. Loyola is now a media dud...
...first atom bomb, the Hungarian-born Teller was already working on the hydrogen bomb. While the H-bomb was both a technological tour de force and a hellishly effective weapon, however, one of Teller's more recent enthusiasms -- the X- ray laser -- could turn out to be an expensive dud. That possibility has ignited a fire storm of accusations that has set off a federal investigation into recent goings-on at the University of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of the country's two weapons-development centers...
...means 'by the mall' "), might be Leno's suburban-preppie cousin. The two are similar in style and subject matter, although Seinfeld has a softer edge. Talking about movie refreshment stands, he complains about overpriced candy housed in jewelry cases ("I'd like to see something in a Milk Dud, please") and popcorn that comes in huge buckets ("I don't need that much roofing insulation"). His musings on childhood are especially evocative, whether conveying a five-year-old's restlessness at being dragged along to the bank by his mother or joy at finding an empty refrigerator carton. "When...
...three films are tales of an innocent person drawn into a web of complicity and accused of murder. All three trade in multiple female identities and tease the viewer into hoping the heroine will take one more step in the dark. Now for the differences. Winter is a dud in a handsome shell. Window has a cunning plot but not much craft. Widow rides smoothly on Hitchcockian tracks until it finds its own detours of style and psychology...
...version of the Harvard squad that takes the field today--offensive power or offensive dud--will go a long way toward determining whether the Crimson is a serious contender for the league title or just another also-ran. The gridders (2-1 Ivy, 2-3 overall) are currently in second place in the Ivies behind Penn and Cornell, both 3-0 in league play...