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Word: fu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...violence of today seems divorced from rationale and motive. The murders are mindless, random, indiscriminate. Young black men seem to be murdering one another with a malign indifference, killing with the casual air of Bruce Lee dispatching men in a kung fu movie. For some, it seems as if murder has become a kind of noxious fashion or wanton recreation. "Members of the new generation kill, maim and injure without reason or remorse," writes Silberman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Brother Kills Brother | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

...aborted merger with ITT), and its hold on last place in the ratings seemed depressingly unshakable. Some of the network's hit shows of the late 1960s and early '70s were often faddish entries, quick to catch on and quick to fade away: Batman, The Mod Squad, Kung Fu. ABC's ratings woes became the subject of mordant jokes. Asked how to end the Viet Nam War, industry wags would reply, "Turn it into an ABC series and it will be canceled in 13 weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Battling Back From No. 3 | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...desperately sought Susan (played by Madonna, whose affectlessness in the face of adversity may or may not constitute acting but is marvelously comic). Find herself pursued by one of organized crime's less organized branches. Fall into a loft and a love affair with the projectionist from a kung fu grind house. Find work as a gloriously addled magician's assistant. Get mistaken by the police for a prostitute. In other words, there is more to Roberta's modest attempt at an afternoon's adventure than she bargained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Beautiful Dreamer in a Minefield Desperately Seeking Susan | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Aqua Antics | 3/12/1985 | See Source »

Once upon a time, Howard Hughes set airspeed records and looked like Indiana Jones. Then came the long, slow tailspin into lunacy. By the time of his death in 1976, the image lodged in the public mind was of an aging billionaire with uncut hair and Fu Manchu fingernails hidden in a darkened Las Vegas hotel room. An unhealthy disregard for reality became synonymous with the recluse's name. A fake autobiography by Clifford Irving and the forged "Mormon" will that brought fame to Melvin Dummar only made matters worse. One could never be sure of anything written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mad Money in High Places Citizen Hughes | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

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