Word: mentioned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...compare them with the works of your better competitors -- as, Thom. Hardy, Max Beerbohm, J.I.M. Stewart . . . and David Lodge." Bradbury cannot resist compounding the young man's confusion ("It was clever of you . . . to work out that in fact I am several if not all of the authors you mention") while offering him a few biographical scoops ("It has been a difficult business, especially the episode of being married to Mrs. Thomas Hardy...
...supplying off-Broadway and the regional theaters with new voices. And while the great Hispanic-American Novel is still waiting to be written, the splendid figures of Latin American literature -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Carlos Fuentes -- are being translated straight into the American literary fabric, not to mention the best-seller lists...
Just as the mention of Coco Chanel conjures up the essence of French style, so does the name Cristobal Balenciaga evoke Hispanic style. The legendary Spanish designer, who died in 1972, reigned over high fashion from the 1930s to the 1960s with his sleek chemises and pillbox hats. Among his students were Adolfo, Oscar de la Renta, Givenchy, Ungaro and Courreges. Herrera calls Balenciaga the "greatest designer of all time," while De la Renta traces his use of ethnic accents to the master's influence: "Balenciaga made the most beautiful folkloric clothes ever made...
...touted in the press. The only thing worse than being mentioned in an article like this is not being mentioned at all. One Kennedy School scholar, after hearing that a reporter had called a colleague to discuss Dukakis, called the reporter to volunteer an interview of his own. The best mention comes with a self-deprecating disclaimer. The best example was a double bank shot in a Business Week cover on American Express Chairman James Robinson. The article quoted Felix Rohatyn, the head of Lazard Freres and among those most commonly mentioned for Treasury Secretary, as touting Republican Robinson...
...imperialist chauvinism," shelved Commissar, and Askoldov has never made another picture. Only last year, as glasnost was opening the door of artistic freedom, was the director able to free his kidnaped film. Commissar won a Silver Bear at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival, though the Soviet press neglected to mention it. A true movie hero, Askoldov is bold enough to fight for small victories and to hope for a final vindication: that even the Soviet public may soon be able to see a film whose very survival does them proud...