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Word: gentleman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...months the film had been held hostage in the continuing guerrilla war between movie artists and the industry that bankrolls their dreams. In Hollywood, such skirmishes are usually waged behind paneled doors and result in compromises, ulcers and the final sullen handshake. But Director Terry Gilliam is no gentleman warrior. Finding his picture in distribution limbo after Universal Pictures refused to release his film (which he had shot according to the approved script and delivered on budget), Gilliam went public with a full-page plea in Daily Variety to the president of Universal's parent company, MCA: "Dear Sid Sheinberg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Happy Ending for a Nightmare Brazil | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...Some women find bald men attractive," an older, skin-topped gentleman said with a lascivious grin after I had breathlessly told him of my discovery...

Author: By Charles E. Cohen, | Title: A Touch of Chrome | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Everyone else seemed happy, too. One elderly gentleman, in fact, was grinning at me for all his worth...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Thanks for the Blues | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

Favorite movie: Officer and a Gentleman...

Author: By Jessica Dorman and Jonathan Putnam, S | Title: 1985-86 Harvard Men's Basketball | 12/4/1985 | See Source »

Current Crimson boxing Coach Tommy Rawson, who met Lamar in the late 1920s and worked with him at Harvard, spoke of him in glowing terms. "He was an outstanding gentleman and gamesman," Rawson said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Boxing Coach Lamar Dead at 79 | 10/2/1985 | See Source »

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