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Word: playroom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...settings and the dogged humanity of his characters. Even when being funny, the movie is underlined by that dim light we associate with the pain of three o'clock in the morning. The picture also has a brilliant climax involving closed-circuit television and a children's playroom. George Segal gives the best of his many performances this year, and it is wonderful to see Eva Marie Saint again as his wife...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Ten Best Films of 1970 | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

COMING off this defeat with heads reeling, the MCP received its final blow of the evening. Sara, Sharman, and some of the other freshmen had conceived the idea of a boy's playroom to be located in the basement. Ever jealous of their privacy and quiet, the girls had devised this scheme to keep the boys, and the noise, as far away as possible. Over our hisses, boos, and "nay" votes the proposal was railroaded through, only to be voided by a strict passive resistance on the part of the fourth floor...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: A Harvard Boy's Life at Radcliffe: Finding What Girls Are All About | 6/11/1970 | See Source »

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