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Word: ghostly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...George Shultz a reassuring replacement for the mercurial Alexander Haig as Secretary of State. But lately, signs of testiness have pierced Shultz's placidity. After one outburst, Democratic Congressman Michael Barnes observed, "That was not the George Shultz we have come to know and love. It was the living ghost of Al Haig...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Purple Shades of Al Haig | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

...Klinger (Jamie Farr), the drag queen of 4077, will never again ask Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) to give absolution to the food. The officers' club has been stripped of its jukebox and banners; only the lingering perfume of Major Margaret ("Hot Lips") Houlihan (Loretta Swit) will drive the ghost of Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville) into rages of ecstasy. And in the most famous barracks since Stalag 17-Hawkeye Pierce's Swamp-the cots, footlockers, stove, framed pictures and even the distillery are gone. The giggles and groans of Trapper John (Wayne Rogers) and B.J. Hunnicut (Mike Farrell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: M*A*S*H, You Were a Smash | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

...Lovesick, which opens on Feb. 18, Moore is a middle-aged Manhattan psychiatrist who falls in love with a nubile patient and finds happiness under the ironic eyes of Sigmund Freud's fantasy-ghost (Alec Guinness). The film was written and directed by Marshall Brickman, who collaborated with Woody Allen on the screenplays of Sleeper, Annie Hall and Manhattan, and it has many of the funny, arch touches of Allen's best pictures. The early scenes, particularly, in which a motley group of patients pass through Moore's office, are hilarious, knowing satire at its best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Cuddly Dudley, the Wee Wonder | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

MEANWHILE, the movie drifts toward abstraction. The director leads Mauro through surreal landscapes to emphasize the psychological confusion--buildings, yards, and even acquaintances are presented in a manner so stylized that mere vestiges of reality remain. It drifts further: Battalions of ghost-like children in night-gowns prance beneath the ancestral portraits of the venerable Ponticelli apartment. A frosty window frames a child, wild-eyed, endlessly hammering discords out of a tinny piano...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Symbols | 2/4/1983 | See Source »

...Good Night, Gracie [Allen]: My horror encounter with actress's ghost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: No Easy Trick | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

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