Word: outlandish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...situations but on the comic possibilities of words themselves. Perelman is a master of a bewildering array of trite and overused literary styles, and has a vocabulary the size of Webster's Unabridged. Above all, he knows precisely when to use the obscure word, the foreign phrase, or the outlandish simile for maximum effect...
...Baby Maker's saving grace is that Bridges never resorts to cheap, boudoir-farce gimcracks where fundamental relationships are concerned. Jay does not run off with Tish, nor is Tish transformed into a Supermother who demands the baby at birth. However outlandish the situation's premise, it proceeds and climaxes with such natural logic that the film becomes unconventional Hollywood. The trio's art oddly imitates life and elevates The Baby Maker from garish absurdity to touching humanity...
...forth as they talk but will have to remain seated at their tables while interrogating witnesses. "Abusive language or offensive personal references" are out, and so is trading insulting thrusts and parries with opposing lawyers. As for dress, the new rules, by insisting on "business attire," seek to ban outlandish or distracting fashions...
...some biblical scholars in Britain, the new book looked like the psychedelic ravings of a hippie cultist. To others, it was merely an outlandish hoax. One described it as reading "like a Semitic philologist's erotic nightmare...
...almost fortuitous that the cops ran down the New York threesome. A 39-year-old government informer, George Demmerle, made such an underground name for himself as a radical heavy-"he wore outlandish clothes, threw bottles at the cops, got arrested a number of times," one official says-that Melville actually sought him out to help. On Nov. 12, Melville and Demmerle were arrested as they planted four bombs in Army trucks at an armory at 26th Street and Lexington Avenue. Minutes later, Alpert and Hughey were caught in their apartment...