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Word: ll (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...distant rumble offstage and the deafening shout of the auctioneers announce the arrival of "a front and back bar, English, a real beauty, who'll start me at $25,000?" The whole thing, garnished with plants and beer mugs, is rolled onto the stage on a dolly, where a crew rotates it under the lights. The motion makes it a little hard actually to see the object being offered, but it "puts more color into the wood," says Acey Decy Equipment Co.'s Peter Ritter. The sound system is pitched to discourage any distracting conversation in the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: The Joy of Spending | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...pretty exciting, no matter how bad the rest of the movie may be. So your best bet is to arrive an hour-and-a-half late, catch the fight at the end, sit through the break between showings and watch the initial bout to refresh your memory. Then you'll be ready for Rocky III--"the story continues a little more...

Author: By Susan K. Brown and Scott A. Rosenberg, S | Title: No Future | 7/13/1979 | See Source »

...sink back into your chair and watch the opening sequence of the new film, you'll relive the excitement of the old movie's climactic fight scene. Later in Rocky II, you'll feel those same chills as you realize you're going to see that same fight for the third time in two movies. They couldn't let a good fight end after 15 rounds, so you'll sit through 45. The third time around, you'll even see it in show-motion streams of sweat and blood...

Author: By Susan K. Brown and Scott A. Rosenberg, S | Title: No Future | 7/13/1979 | See Source »

Munter has been in Harvard Square with his large "Save the Boat People" sign for seven out of the last 14 days. "I'll be doing it until they're picked up out of the ocean or the monsoon hits," he said yesterday...

Author: By Steven Waldman, | Title: Oxfam to Sponsor A Running Event To Aid Refugees | 7/10/1979 | See Source »

...your intellect at home in a glass jar next to your T.V. set. But Roger Moore as James Bond in Moonraker finally clicks thanks to the film's luxurious backdrops, reasonably intelligent dialogue, cutesy references to other contemporary films, beautiful members of both sexes, and a hit man who'll bite on anything--in short, the old formula. And, to top it off, 007 really does DO IT in space...

Author: By Joshua I. Goldhaber, | Title: Space Shots | 7/10/1979 | See Source »

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