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Word: magical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Phillips may add a little Ivy magic, the cagers could use Tom Yohe and Kevin Dulsky...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Colin' the Shots | 4/1/1988 | See Source »

Milagro marks a brave attempt at a humanist western. It is a genre in which faith and good works reinforce each other, Anglo pragmatism rubs shoulders with Latino magic, and John Wayne might peacefully coexist with Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The spirits may stir up a gust of wind, a kind of Milagro airlift, to bring the good word to town. And a cowboy (James Gammon) with a forbidding face -- you figure him to be the Jack Palance villain from Shane -- may up and save your life. Nobody will get hurt, except in the pride. Finally, the village will erupt into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Old Magic in New Mexico THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...Valentine has the young talent. Now he just has to corral it. Youngsters Jose Guzman (14-14) and Ed Correa (3-5) have the arms. Pete Incaviglia (27 HR, 80 RBI) has the power. Vets Larry Parrish (32 HR, 100 RBI) and Charlie Hough (18-13) still have some magic left in them. Best player: Ruben Sierra...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Guide to the 1988 Baseball Season | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

Some see me as cuddly like a dog; others with more sense recognize I am bringing insult comedy back to TV for a world that loves nicknames and ^ invective. Fusco goes Freudian and burbles like this: "I think we all need magic and fantasy in our lives. ALF brings out the little girl or boy in people. He touches something inside you that you can go back to and remember." Sure -- blind fear of the dark! Haaah! I still kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Stranger in A Strange Land | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

When Billy finally does arrive, he manages to work all the wrong magic. Diedterich looks and acts the picture of '60s suavity, but his presence forces the Shaughnessys to come to terms with the fact that they are living in the real world, not in a motion picture. Billy can't solve their problems; he won't take them to Hollywood with him; he can't sprinkle stardust and make it all better...

Author: By Lois Leveen, | Title: Sleek House | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

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