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Word: knifings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deal, Richler wrote a bad book. His film, on the other hand, is a disaster. The man couldn't cut good screen dialogue with a Bowie knife and his facility with visual humor ends at the level of the dated "Expose Yourself to Art" poster. Clearly, Richler is treading in unfamiliar territory (he told a Toronto journalist he would be sticking to novels in the future). Joshua is a case of what experts call genre envy...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Not So Good Schlock | 10/12/1985 | See Source »

SPINE-TINGLING MUSIC eerily permeates the scene. Slow, relentless footsteps pulse onward. Somewhere a shutter creaks in the wind. Suddenly, thunder splits the air. A flash of blinding lightning reveals a veiled figure, in its hand a weapon, a knife that brutally, inexpicably, and fatally goes slash in the night...

Author: By Anne Tobias, | Title: Dull Drama | 10/11/1985 | See Source »

...rich socialite whose death transfers untold amounts of money and power to her husband Jack (Jeff Bridges.) Cynical readers, at this point, will immediately infer that Jack must have killed his wife. They will be convinced of this logical conclusion even further when they are told that a hunting knife identical to the murder weapon is conveniently located in Jack's locker at the country club. But it is not wise to be so smug about one's superiority as a sleuth when only the first 15 minutes of the movie have passed...

Author: By Anne Tobias, | Title: Dull Drama | 10/11/1985 | See Source »

Some entrepreneurs are taking advantage of the fakes legitimate i.d.'s--driver's licenses, for example--by cutting them open with an exacto knife and tampering with the numbers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fake I.D.'s: Easy to Come By, Harder to Use | 10/11/1985 | See Source »

Despite their threat, Zoullas did not see a knife...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Muggers Hit Freshman; Watch and Money Stolen | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

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