Word: onto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SINGING DETECTIVE Dennis Potter's BBC serial, about a writer lacerated by memory and liberated by fantasy, was an instant cult classic on TV. Now it has barreled onto the big screen -- all 6 hr. 42 min. of singing, dancing, dazzling talking. In either format, a bloody masterpiece...
...Louisiana, which is losing land to the Gulf of Mexico at the alarming rate of one acre every 16 minutes, has already drawn up an ambitious mix of programs. In the biggest project, a $24 million pumping station would divert millions of gallons of silt-rich Mississippi River water onto the coastline to help stop saltwater intrusion and to supply sediment that will build up the eroding land. At least one parish is considering plans for a backstop dike to give residents time to escape should the sea finally reach their doors...
...troubles the young stars faced: overprotective, underaffectionate parents (Louise Fletcher, Peter Michael Goetz), Richard's drug problems, Karen's growing obsession with losing weight. The scrubbed duo make drug abuse look positively wholesome, but the movie deftly grafts the morbid thrills of a disease-of-the-week drama onto a traditional show...
...Pelicano seemed destined to last forever. For more than two years, it sailed around the world seeking a port that would accept its cargo. Permission was denied and for good reason: the Pelicano's hold was filled with 14,000 tons of toxic incinerator ash that had been loaded onto the ship in Philadelphia in September 1986. It was not until last October that the Pelicano brazenly dumped 4,000 lbs. of its unwanted cargo off a Haitian beach, then slipped back out to sea, trailing / fresh reports that it was illegally deep-sixing the rest of its noxious cargo...
...fourth time with him. This time I was publicizing The Sensuous Dirty Old Man, so I came out with a bra over my eyes . . . It was the silliest thing I ever did on television, and I was sorry I had agreed to do it even as I stepped out onto the stage...