Word: kids
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...character in Private Benjamin, but her Molly does very little besides playing off of all the various flat and stereotypical characters in the movie. Her role requires little acting, just reacting; to her husband demanding she quit her job, to her team when they haze her, to her kid when she dyes her hair. Even her final, climactic decision to fight her husband only comes after the football team pressures her. By being, in fact, such a passive character, who hardly acts for herself, Hawn does no service to women in general, who are already trying deal with stereotypes...
...wreck the family. In fact, the family was breaking down long before feminism had any impact on American lifestyles. The New Right myth feeds on false images: the woman who suddenly finds herself with an option, a choice of whether to stay at home with the kid and the dishes or to pursue a career; the woman as lacking the stuff of real responsibility, of wondering with a flippant toss of the curls which option to choose...
...Challenger were two veteran TIME space watchers: Correspondent Jerry Hannifin and Photographer Ralph Morse. Between them they have logged nearly six decades covering the U.S. space program. As Morse peered through his telephoto lens at the swiftly rising Challenger, he remarked that the lift-off appeared sluggish. "Don't kid yourself," said Morse. "They're in trouble up there...
...local kid it was a night to forget. Four Beanpots and no victories that really meant anything, four Beanpots and nothing to brag about. For Fusco and the other seniors, it was tragic...
...slump as a cyclical phenomenon: the film economy booms, too many films are made to chase the extra dollars, the flurry of competition leads to hasty decisions, then the poor fare drives ticket buyers away. This summer, for example, young viewers tired of kidpix like Real Genius and Heavenly Kid, while adults boycotted big-budget dramas like Revolution ($22 million), A Chorus Line ($27 million) and Enemy Mine ($33 million...