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Word: eyeful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Movie critics had their sights set on Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple long before it was released. They sharpened their knives for Sting's Bring On the Night before it was even filmed. The critical eye can often be green with envy...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: A Sweet Cherry Moon | 7/11/1986 | See Source »

...barber, Milton Pitts, reports that when Ronald Reagan took office his hair was about 25% gray. It is now 30% gray. The President has added a second hearing aid in the past year or so. He uses three combinations for his eyes: hard contact lenses for normal activities, half glasses over the contacts for reading, and a single contact lens (left eye) for giving speeches on podiums where he needs to focus on the audience and the TelePrompTer at the same time. Reagan still has his suits made with buttons on the flies. He refuses to wear makeup for television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ronald Reagan: Yankee Doodle Magic | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

...Union. Others entered the argument. Voices rose, arms waved. Through it all, Ronald Reagan sat silently, apparently concentrating on picking the black licorice jelly beans from the crystal jar on the table in front of him. Occasionally, he would look up. Once, as he did so, he caught the eye of an aide sitting opposite him at the back of the room. The President winked. The tumult gradually subsided. When it was peaceful again, Reagan looked up, turned to Treasury Secretary James Baker, and said, "What's the next item...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ronald Reagan: Yankee Doodle Magic | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

Clive (Remo Airaldi) the patriarch of the family who is given to waxing eloquent about the greatness of the British empire, watches over his family with an eagle eye while also protecting his neighbor the "spirited" Mrs. Saunders (Lisa Peers). In one overly graphic scene, Clive's solicitousness of Mrs. Saunders entails under-the-skirt oral sex. But Betty (Daniel Luke Zelman), Clive's wife, is not exactly pure either. Harry Bagley (Christian Kanuth), a dashing explorer, comes to visit and sample his friend Clive's family life and wife...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Get Off My Cloud | 7/1/1986 | See Source »

...family, the paper is adamantly independent of any power outside the newsroom. Though the paper carries foreign and national news, its true value lies in its coverage of the local scene, from city council sessions to school basketball games. Blessedly free of boosterism, the Star often casts a critical eye over its own backyard. It is small newspapers like the Star --independent in tone, enterprising in coverage and devoted to exploring local issues thoroughly--that exemplify the grass-roots strength of American journalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Telling a Town About Itself | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

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