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Word: fondly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Japanese have very firm ideas about what they think we should be," says Jim Chriss, marketing vice-president of Levi Strauss International. Real Americans, in other words, are cowboys and sexpots and raucous young hunks--Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift. It seems that Europeans and Japanese are especially fond of the American icons that provided their first pop jolt 20 or 30 or 40 years ago--pop that now has patina. The French intelligentsia still swoons for American movies of the '40s and '50s. Levi's is using images of James Dean and John Wayne in its advertisements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Goes the Culture | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

...daughter of his arrogant professor, Charles W. Kingsfield Jr., played in the series by John Houseman. Osbourn admits that the show is "not an accurate reflection of Harvard Law School. It's Paper Chase Law School. It's our law school. I like Harvard better, but I'm very fond of the other...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: Handing Out Diplomas at The Paper Chase | 4/19/1986 | See Source »

Does it in about a quarter of a second. Hasn't much time to spare these days. Slight aw-shucks duck of his head, gentle smile, a glint of fond memory behind his eyes, and for a few minutes he's standing in an old ivy hall someplace and you can almost hear the mellow chords of the glee club float with the fresh breeze through the open window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: In Search of History | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...British hit in the early '60s, and the Everlys had a tough time hanging on, to their success and each other. "Rock 'n' roll was an American invention," Phil says, "but in the '60s a tremendous amount of American talent pumped gas." You could hear heavy traces and fond tributes to the Everlys in the Beatles, in Simon and Garfunkel, in the Eagles, but respect keeps no one on the rock charts. The Everlys were working the oldies circuit in 1973 when Phil walked offstage, smashed his guitar and didn't go back. Don soloed the next night and told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Everly Brothers in Arms | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...second-generation Duvalier flaunted an opulent life-style in the midst of incredible poverty. The President, who is fond of yachts and sports cars, did not forgo either pleasure when a critical shortage of foreign currency last year left the country almost without fuel. His most costly indulgence may have been his 1980 marriage to Michele Bennett, 34, a Haitian divorcee who once worked in New York City as a secretary. Their wedding was Haiti's social event of the decade. The price tag: $3 million. Fireworks alone cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti Bad Times for Baby Doc | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

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