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Word: outlandish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...actresses belting out "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" will bring down any house, so carefully honed are his Channings and Ellas. Co-star Hollis McLaren is inevitably overshadowed by Russell's stagewise presence, but the delicate treatment she gives to her Crazy Liza perfectly complements her outlandish buddy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kubrick Gets His Kicks; Hawks Hyperventilates | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

PERHAPS ONE of the lessons of the performance, then--both negatively and positively reinforced--was that the making of dances is a wretchedly tricky business. This was surely one of the themes of the evening's most outlandish and sophisticated piece, Connie Chin's "Chimera." Chin's own entrance, in a state of hilarious discombobulation, jarred our sense of anatomical propriety from the start. Clad in screaming pink, her face masked white, Chin crawled on stage wearing a sneaker on one foot and one hand; the other leg, draped in purple, dragging behind her like a tail. Once upright...

Author: By Juretta J. Heckscher, | Title: More Than a Theory | 4/19/1978 | See Source »

...million last year. High on the perks of stardom (big houses behind high iron gates, lots of jewelry), the boys keep one another in line with some good brotherly barbs. Barry describes Robin's heavy gold rings with sardonic pleasure as "symbols of his immense wealth." When another outlandish income statement arrives, Maurice is likely to ask, "Does that mean I can keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Bee Gees: They Make You Feel Like Dancing | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

...actresses belting out "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" will bring down any house, so carefully honed are his Channings and Ellas. Co-star Hollis McLaren is inevitably overshadowed by Russell's stagewise presence, but the delicate treatment she gives to her Crazy Liza perfectly complements her outlandish buddy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Only So Funny... | 3/9/1978 | See Source »

...golden days of Harvard football, when Cantabridgians prepared for the "supreme ruffle" with Yale, when the Crimson won national titles and their coach choked bulldogs, and Rose Bowl victories were not just outlandish fantasies. At least the memories live...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: From Walter Camp to George Allen | 2/28/1978 | See Source »

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