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Word: outlandish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nearly 1000 people turned out earlier on Mass Ave to cheer for Streep during a parade held in her honor. A dozen Pudding cast members, costumed as women in outlandish dresses, garish wigs and layers of heavy make-up, escorted Streep to a waiting convertible when she first arrived at Quincy Square...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Streep Honored as Woman of the Year | 2/14/1980 | See Source »

...season's two science-fiction pictures, Star Trek and The Black Hole, have been disappointments, but only by comparison with the inflated expectations of their backers. Star Trek opened first, 2% weeks before Christmas, when there were no other films being launched. "The first week it was outlandish," says Don Baker, vice president of advertising and promotion for Loews Theaters in New York. "It seemed as though almost all of the millions of U.S. trekkies were trying to get in at once. The problem was that this made the second week look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Holiday Winners and Losers | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

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