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Word: inkblots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Apple computers will probably be rented for about $7200, said McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics William H. Bossert '59, who served as a consultant in the design of the special program. "Inkblot," to be used in the course...

Author: By William G. Foulkes, | Title: Expos to Offer Computerized Program | 12/3/1983 | See Source »

...call it poetic. The easiest way to dump on a film is to call it unrealistic. Believability is the line drawn in the dirt; on either side are warring sensibilities, rival gangs of moviegoers or critics. Seen this way, the defenseless movie is reduced to a Rorschach inkblot, an excuse for prolonging the debate between fantasy and naturalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Time Bomb | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

Rumble Fish is the messiest, most provocative inkblot of the year. On the naturalistic level, Francis Coppola's film is a botch, a hoot. The two main characters-Rusty-James (Matt Dillon), a 17-year-old punk who figures he moves with the swagger of stardom, and his older brother the Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), tired of being an outlaw legend in Rusty-James' eyes-are little more than the sum of their mannerisms. Their father (Dennis Hopper) is a philosophizing sot who comes and goes with the whim. Rusty-James' girlfriend (Diane Lane) is a mere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Time Bomb | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

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