Word: occurate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second oil shock, which was brought about by the shutdown of the Iranian oil industry, has resulted in a telescoping of events that most experts thought would take 20 years to occur. In other words, the doubling of world oil prices last year was not expected to take place until the year 2000 or beyond...
...worries about the economy. But now it appears that, overall, sales ran 5% to 10% ahead of last season. Though the actual value of goods and goodies sold was probably little more than in 1978, after inflation is figured in, the steep slippage that many economists feared did not occur...
...several of his scenes in bed with the first lady lack the precise timing and vigor that MacLaine and Sellers bring to their roles. Kosinski has also padded the script with the geneses of several subplots and characters that he leaves hanging forever, an annoying trait that does not occur in his novels, in which all loose ends are cleverly macramaed by the last page. Like Kosinski's novels, however, the film playfully and insightfully taunts our plodding culture at the same time it entertains...