Word: misses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...search of treasure. Even if The Book Case (42 Church St.) doesn't have specifically what you're looking for, it's a must for used book fanatics. Boasting the Square's largest selection of used books, it has a basement filled with used volumes and don't miss the sections which are tucked into the little nooks, lining the wall of the main room. On the ground floor, the store has a good selection of funky post cards and junky gifts...
...RECOGNIZE a lot of Ferris Bueller's Day Off the first time you see it. Like Joel in Risky Business, Ferris takes on a catchy motto (though "Life goes fast. If you don't watch out, you could miss it" just can't compare with "Sometimes you just gotta say `What the fuck."') and deceives all authority figures...
...Liberty as she turns 100. Like most stimulating journalism, it will, the editors expect and indeed hope, spark some spirited disagreements about our choices and our omissions. For example, in Books we talk about that distinctive American contribution to detective fiction, the hard-boiled hero. Some will rightly miss a piece about the remarkable and varied voices of women writers in America. So do we, but another time...
...might be called the "wow" school of filmmaking, and no one has mastered it better than Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects division of George Lucas' Lucasfilm Ltd. Some moviegoers may miss the old days, when subtleties of character and story seemed to matter more. Indeed, American movies can no longer claim undisputed pre-eminence in the world of filmic art, as they could during the 1930s and '40s. But for sheer technical dazzle, U.S. filmmakers are clearly setting the international standard, with Industrial Light & Magic at the forefront...
...Demand, however, was slack, possibly because collectors thought that additional Olympic coins might be issued every four years. Determined not to flood the market again, Congress this time ordered Treasury officials to mint only 500,000 of the gold coins for the Liberty series. But collectors, realizing that Miss Liberty's centennial is unique, drove up the price of the once-in-a-lifetime souvenirs...