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Word: mightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...true. The mob more or less kept their distance, individuals approached on eggshells. They sensed that those arms, arms like thighs, had been built by an essentially destructive impulse, that at the slightest provocation Arnold might elicit painful obeisance with those big blue boots. Finally someone summoned the nerve. (To be stomped by Arnold...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Arnies of the Night | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...admits her sexual problems, first to Moore, and then to a bartender on the coast of Mexico--that are embarrassing. There are performances in this film--why did Julie Andrews cut her hair and leave Germany?--that are unspeakable. And there are parts of this film--critical explanations that might help you understand what's going on and why--that were left on the cutting room floor. Avoid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Hollywood for the Holidays | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...outcasts of the play, Herbert Dean (Leo-Pierre Roy) and Kitty Dean (Dede Schmeiser), whose gaucherie sets off the Cavendish style, demand obnoxiousness from their performers. They get it here, in full doses, but a bit more variety might help them get through the last two acts without turning off the audience...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Family Entertainment | 12/4/1979 | See Source »

...LESS PASSIVE director might have chosen to make more of The Royal Family; in this production, nothing transcends simple comedy except Fanny's Act II monologue--a magical evocation of the scene backstage before curtain time, which Wilber uses to cast a spell over the house. In this case, passivity unintentionally pays off--the Loeb Royal Family doesn't pin any more significance on the slightly dated script than it can support. Three hours of good comedy remain, without any mirror tricks but without too much pretense, as well...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Family Entertainment | 12/4/1979 | See Source »

...audit specifically mentioned $100,000 spent by the CHSB on consultant reports to determine how CHSB might best administer the LEAA funds...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Feds Will Ask State to Return Loans; LEAA Charges Crime Funds Misspent | 12/4/1979 | See Source »

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