Word: flopping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Trekkies wear Spock ears, hound the actors for autographs, and faint if they see Leonard Nimoy in person. Trekkers publish fanzines and write doctoral theses on the show, hound the writers for autographs, and sneer when they mention Trekkies.) Both species were hopeful but anxious, afraid that a film flop would ruin the memory of the series...
...four walls of their Fifth Avenue apartments. Though a bit tired, these themes can usually withstand a warming over, and Guare's is articulate and wry. The trouble comes when he strives higher. As clever urban satire "Bosoms and Neglect" is fine; as probing psychological commentary, it's a flop...
...this prime-time soap opera, but there is no slighting of the six other deadly sins either -particularly avarice. The ranch house could pass for the Southfork Hilton, and it must take a tanker and a half to fuel all those Mercedes in the driveway. The lovely Ewing ladies flop around the house in designer dresses, and when the good ole boys go hunting, they don't pile into a pickup. They whir away in a helicopter...
Over the years, Burger's tendency to flip-flop has given rise to conspiracy theories about his motives, notes TIME Correspondent Douglas Brew. When 'the Chief votes with the majority, he has the right to decide who should write the opinion of the court and provide the reasoning behind the decision. If he is in the minority, the most senior member of the majority assigns the task. According to former Supreme Court law clerks, Burger has, at times, held back or switched his vote to keep control of the opinion assignment, a practice the clerks call "phony voting...
...economy is foul, but money-big money-is being coined by the entrepreneurs. They are the creators and developers, the dreamers and hustlers who risk and dare. Many flop, but many others make it spectacularly Down in New Orleans, the skyline bordering on the storied French Quarter is being reshaped by a trim and handsome outsider, Joseph Canizaro The company that carries his name has just opened a 32-floor office tower, the first of many buildings in Ms Canal Place complex astride the roiling Mississippi Early in 1 980, dirt will fly for a 25-story structure and three...