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Word: fords (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Oldman. Nil takes no prisoner. From the outset, the film unleashes a barrage of unpleasantness, in the form of nonstop expletives, explosive bouts of chillingly realistic domestic violence and frequent screaming. The contaminating influence of American pop culture is everywhere, as indicated by choice shots of American brand names (Ford automobiles, Prozac "happy pills"), clips from American movies and glimpses of American cultural icons. Through a gray haze of depression, addiction and despair, Oldman and his cast somehow manage to salvage a sense of optimism and indomitable vitality from this tangle of wrecked lives. In doing so, they rescue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...professionals who always seem to find a contact lens left in Grand Central but can never seem to catch him even though all he has at his disposal are duct tape and a twinkie. Oh, and a Macintosh. He's just a bit faster than the statue of Harrison Ford that has been appearing in movies billing old Hans these days, Amazing what they can do with claymation, but that's another article...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memo to Movieland: `Marshals' Hard to Digest | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...early 19th century a profitable whaling industry filled the city with wealthy Yankee ship captains. But when the discovery of new oil sources rendered whaling obsolete, New Bed-ford turned to textile manufacturing to preserve its prosperity...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Unemployment Still Above 10 Percent In South Coast City | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

...sized its expectations. Out with Pax Americana. In with the Vietnam Syndrome. Out with the Cadillac. In with the Toyota. But first, out with the President, via Watergate: nearly two years spent sifting through the rubble of Richard Nixon. Whatever hopes of a clean start were raised by Gerald Ford collapsed under the Nixon pardon and an economic crisis as impervious to Ford's WHIP INFLATION NOW buttons as it had been to Nixon's wage-and-price controls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1973-1980 Limits: The Can't-Do Mentality | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...that most search engines aren't smart enough to separate the meat from the spam. Last week a start-up called Goto offered the perfect capitalistic solution: goto.com the search engine that ranks sites by what they're willing to fork over. If Chrysler pays Goto more than Ford, it'll pop up first when you hunt for a good deal on a new car. And because smut sites are too cheap (or popular) to pay for promotion, you won't see Pamela Lee. Unless, of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Mar. 2, 1998 | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

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