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Word: flashes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...night of my conception," wrote Chogyam Trungpa, who would be cremated in a Vermont mountain meadow before a sizable audience in the spring of this year, "my mother had a very significant dream that a being had entered her body with a flash of light; that year flowers bloomed in the neighborhood although it was still winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Vermont: A Spiritual Leader's Farewell | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...presumably, helped get audiences into the picture. But only word of mouth can get them to keep coming. They probably will, for The Untouchables has all the right lures: ripe violence, period flash and the triumph of good over venal. As De Palma puts it, "It's like a John Ford western. A good guy is on a mission and gets help. At the end he walks off into the sunset. It's a simple story told in a classical way." That might seem a bit too simple for De Palma, Mamet, De Niro and the other smart lads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Untouchables: Shooting Up the Box Office | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...music work, which she'll probably loan me if I need it." The thought makes him erupt into laughter. Then the sad face again. "Together our family has about $100,000," he says. He reddens at this sudden turn in the conversation and reaches for his Bible. The flash of anger across his cheeks is palpable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: At Home with Jim | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

...Brindel ordered a radio operator to flash a message: "Unknown aircraft. This is U.S. Navy warship on your 078 ((the Stark's bearing relative to the Mirage)) for twelve miles. Request you identify yourself. Over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Shouted Alarm, A Fiery Blast | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

Taylor discovered his vocation while at Syracuse on a swimming scholarship. It came as an inexplicable flash, "telling me that I'm to become a dancer -- not any old dancer, but one of the best." The flash was tardy; college is dangerously late to start serious dance training. But Taylor worked on technique, pushing his "instrument" -- as modern dancers like to call their bodies -- ruthlessly, and he was soon studying with the likes of Graham and Jose Limon. Graham became a powerful influence. Much to Taylor's approval, she called her instrument the "bodaah," and he was transfixed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Among Marvelous Ants and Bees PRIVATE DOMAIN | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

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