Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...survey questioned 1,017 Americans by telephone July 7 to 9. The potential sampling error is plus or minus...
...unpredictable . . . This is why it moves us." After arguing that "art is always a form of prayer," Berger closes with a quick touch of irony: "The white wooden bird is wafted by the warm air rising from the stove in the kitchen where the neighbors are drinking. Outside, in minus 25 degrees C, the real birds are freezing to death...
...with an ironic twist that can pass for 1980s modernism. We're so hip, we know that every movie thrill is a fraud. We know the technique behind each matte shot, each jive emotion. Perhaps the audience at some B-minus sci-fi thriller in the 1950s solemnly attended to the stilted dialogue, leaden performances and not-so-special effects. But today's cognoscenti find the dew of nostalgia on these pictures, then wink and say, "They're so bad, they're good." Smart directors stoke the trend with camp updates of the olden turkeys. In Tobe Hooper's remake...
FOOTNOTE: *A total of 1,013 Americans were polled by telephone May 20-22. The potential sampling error is plus or minus...
FOOTNOTE: Respondents were polled by telephone May 20 to 22. The potential sampling error is plus or minus 3%. Only those familiar with the potential candidates were asked for their impressions...