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Word: inferior (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...style and substance, La Collectionneuse is distinctly inferior to both Maud and Claire. Except for Haydée Politoff's sensual gamine, the acting is monotonously low-keyed. Rohmer's direction, never vivacious, is torpid even for him. Still, the masterful symmetry of the plot, the nuanced yet aphoristic clarity of the dialogue and the unobtrusive evocation of what D.H. Lawrence called "the spirit of place," explain in part why Rohmer has lately become something of a film fan's cult figure. John T. Elson

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Low-Keyed But Audible | 5/17/1971 | See Source »

...fact that Yale men "all wear big blue sweaters and smoke pipes" was sufficient to foster Fitzgerald's dislike for the institution, and no one at Princeton appears to have come up with any more solid reason than that since 1915. Yale feels inferior to both Harvard and Princeton, Dartmouth feels inferior to Harvard, Princeton and Yale, and everyone entirely dislikes Pennsylvania. Institutional hate keeps the alumni going. It gives one something to do in New Haven...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Powers of the Press | 4/30/1971 | See Source »

Five months of "pre-season" work will end on April 10 for Harvard's outstanding lightweight crew as they meet a traditionally inferior Columbia squad on the Charles...

Author: By Richard K. Sontgerath, | Title: Crew Challenges Columbia; Starters Fight for Places | 4/2/1971 | See Source »

...wicker basket held by one soldier attested to the exploits in the neighboring country, a country most Vietnamese consider to be much more inferior and more backward than their...

Author: By Clement Mietus, | Title: 'Why Aren't the Americans Fighting With Us?' | 4/2/1971 | See Source »

Last week Du Pont announced that, after seven years of bad luck, it is walking out on Corfam. Though some 100 million pairs of synthetic shoes are still afoot, the firm has lost as much as $100 million trying to make and market its material. A flood of inferior but cheaper leather substitutes crowded Corfam out of the low-priced shoe market, company men said, and consumers kept favoring leather for expensive footwear. Many people complained that Corfam shoes were hard to break in and hot to wear. The company was never able to reduce production costs enough to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTS: Requiem for a Polymer | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

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