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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unabashed celebration of revolving multicolored staircases, grandes dames in glittery dresses and kick-stepping lines of chorus boys in top hats. One of the new numbers, performed deadpan by Diana Rigg, is a striptease ending in a bubble bath. The original Follies might have inspired the wisecrack that nostalgia isn't what it used to be, but in this version, it certainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bound For the U.S.A. | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

...then, La Bamba isn't about the 1950s at all. It's more about how our generation impersonates the world of three decades ago. Nor is it about the Hispanic experience, except to the extent that a night at Chi Chi's is like a night in Tijuana...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: La Bamba | 7/31/1987 | See Source »

Except Donna isn't really beautiful, and barely pretty. Her main attraction seems to be her Anglo looks, especially her blond hair and blue eyes. That she is wealthy and has a racist father no doubt adds to her appeal...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: La Bamba | 7/31/1987 | See Source »

...sure that, as a result of Wednesday's incident, PBH will have much stricter safety regulations for its counselors. But isn't it too bad that it takes something like this to make us think about the condition of the organization...

Author: By Robert Q. Mcmanus, | Title: Appreciating PBH | 7/24/1987 | See Source »

...Isn't it too bad that this one accident, tarnishing the reputations of Philips Brooks House, will get more publicity than the good work that all of the PBH programs have done this summer...

Author: By Robert Q. Mcmanus, | Title: Appreciating PBH | 7/24/1987 | See Source »

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