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Word: exception (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have any philosophy, except that I let each film take its own course. I don't have any point of view other than what I see...I was criticized for the treatment of Hot Lips in "M*A*S*H*," but that's how I saw women treated when I was in the Army...I see women as people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Altman Speaks: | 10/12/1978 | See Source »

...probably do not need a special license to show movies at midnight except when the shows run into early Sunday morning and become subject to 'blue laws,'" John J. Campbell, attorney for Brattle Theatre, said yesterday. "But we would rather apply for a license covering Friday and Saturday nights and ward off any problems with the licensing board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board Grants Night License To Theater | 10/11/1978 | See Source »

Maurice Dantin, the victor of the fiercely competitive Democratic primary, is not a candidate who excites. In fact, the entire primary battle--except perhaps for Finch's participation--suggested that Mississippi is losing whatever politcal uniqueness it once had. The speeches bored, the issues were non-existent, and the candidates came across as conservative facsimiles of one another. All stood slightly to the right of Ronald Reagan. All were good family men, churchgoers, Rotarian-types who seemed to have gone straight from Ole Miss to Ole Miss Law School, on to the D.A.'s office, private practice and finally politics...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Ole Miss Campus Politics | 10/11/1978 | See Source »

...because central bankers would manage them. On the other side, the U.S. has steadfastly argued that only floating rates can avoid the old rigidity and periodic crises. But Princeton Economist Peter B. Kenen asks, "Can the U.S. be content with a monetary system in which we have no role except to complain that there is too much management of currency values, or would we be better off to participate in the management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: What to Do About the Dollar | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...mostly derived from exports of timber, tin and hydroelectric power, total no more than $15 million annually. In a normal year, the government has to spend that amount to buy the 50,000 tons of rice it needs to supplement Laos' lagging grain production. With practically no industry (except for small soap, match and textile plants), most manufactured articles, from fertilizer to earth-moving equipment, must be imported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAOS: The Puritans | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

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