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Word: grossinger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps, that vaguely kinky thrill is gone. Without the shock of first acquaintance, Renato and Albin seem shallow and Molinaro's placing them in a worn-out stock situation makes them all the more dull. Nevertheless, Molinaro and United Artists seem determined to cash in on the success of the...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Happy Loving Couples | 3/13/1981 | See Source »

It may be that the definitive word on sequels was uttered by a worldly philosopher who, upon being asked if one should repeat a homosexual experiment, replied memorably: "Once, a philosopher; twice, a pederast." It applies with particular aptness to this fitfully entertaining attempt to replicate what is alleged to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Double Take | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

First undercover agents, posing as clients, were sent to case the joint, an office on the fifth floor of a building next to Grand Central Station in New York City. Then prosecutors raided the premises -impounding two truckloads of evidence. Though it had the split-second timing of a narcotics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Straight A's at $3.50 a Page | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

And so it careers from cutesie-poo dream sequences to bondage-and-discipline revenge, from a giggly hen party to an answer to the working woman's prayer: a "liberated" work space, complete with racial harmony, reformed alcoholics, a day-care center and athletic amputees vaulting merrily from wheelchair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Stenos, Anyone? | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

Even in the more rational horse latitudes of Boston, balloonery is booming. Joanne Williams, a former producer of children's television shows, unleashed Balloons Over Boston 13 months ago, is already grossing $100,000 a year and expects to earn $250,000 next year. As the official balloon provider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Balloonacy Blooms and Booms | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

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