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Word: hides (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hero's brother and the heroine's girlfriend. In contrast to the hasty marriage of the protagonists, this couple never quite gets around to having an affair, despite persistent efforts. But even this comic-relief interlude contains its solemn overtones; both supporting characters carry wounds that neither can successfully hide from the other...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Simon at the Shubert and Spies at the Pudding | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

...would say? 'You see, they are still taking pieces out of my hide.' " Philosopher Paul Schilpp, who is helping arrange a centennial symposium at Southern Illinois University, acknowledges that Einstein "would hate all this uproar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: The Year of Dr. Einstein | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...movie opens with a desert landscape and an ear-splitting blast of electronic music. Teddy (Gortner) and girlfriend Cheryl (Candy Clark) are waiting for a cocaine connection. Teddy makes Cheryl hide behind a rock. Two Mexicans appear and Teddy successfully robs them of both the cocaine and their guns by being quicker on the draw. As soon as they disappear, Cheryl jumps out of her hiding place screaming, "Jesus Christ! You scared the shit out of me! You shot at those men! Jesus Christ!" He sits chuckling at her, lets her rave for a while and then makes everything...

Author: By Susanna Rodell, | Title: Go Home, Red Ryder | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

Released from the constraints of his family and community, he still puts-on the same morose face, until he learns to hide even that. Somewhat inconsistently, Scott begins to play detective. From a solid, straightforward honest man, he becomes a wily man of the streets, able to manipulate and deceive others. He has help from a young prostitute (Season Hubley) he picks up as a partner (this is all platonic--Schrader couldn't deal with Scott's sexual drive so he hides it). Led by Nikky, Scott beats pimps and thugs to a pulp, who then graciously give him straight...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: The Harder They Come | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

...which an unsuccessful job hunter could be called unemployed. Advocates of this argue that so many 16-and 17-year-olds are students that no one can measure how many really want jobs and cannot find them. Others counter that the revision would hide an all too real problem of youth unemployment. The report leaves the question unsettled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Trying to Measure Hardship | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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