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Word: good (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...operates a 100-client security service in Los Angeles, charges those who request full-time protection an average of $225,000 a year. De Becker provides the staffs and publicists of celebrities with 20 pointers to help them screen letters or calls. A direct threat is not necessarily a good indicator of true danger, he says. " 'I'm going to kill you' is as common as a fan letter to many of these people." But, he adds, "it becomes different if someone says, 'I've sold my house, and I'm coming to get you.' " De Becker and his staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Fatal Obsession with the Stars | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

There is a good bit of manicured savagery in songs like New York Minute and If Dirt Were Dollars ("I was flyin' back from Lubbock/ I saw Jesus on the plane/ . . . or maybe it was Elvis/ You know, they kinda look the same"), and a memorably nasty cameo portrait of Ronald Reagan as a cowboy named Jingo in Little Tin God. That's vintage Henley, delivered with a snarl and a smile, but The Heart of the Matter, which ends the record, is the struggle for a different sense of place, another state of grace: "I've been tryin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Building On Prime Real Estate | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

There is no question that you should see this movie, if you haven't already. It contains some of the best performances this year in a technically excellent production. With its slick cinematography and funky, flashy unique characters, the film looks good...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: Do the Right Thing: Go See This Movie | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

...while these incidents could have inspired an overwhelmingly angry film, Do the Right Thing manages to reveal the humanity of its characters, with both good and bad sides...

Author: By Lisa A. Taggart, | Title: Do the Right Thing: Go See This Movie | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

...These people do keep very, very good records, albeit oftentimes in code," said Betsy Houghteling, revenue department spokesperson. "We'll get them, we'll go through them and really perform a regular audit on these people and [levy the taxes]...on what the records indicate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State to Levy Tax on Drug Sales | 7/25/1989 | See Source »

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