Word: prop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rescue." Jagger, in a less sophisticated way,sees the world the same way as Adams did, and St. Augustine centuries before. But where Augustine saw his rescue in God, and Adams nowhere, Jagger clings to his sexuality, to the idea of an "emotional rescue." His misogyny is merely a prop in a synthesis which sees love of women as the only hope...
Directing also gave Chong new perspectives on producing and acting. "It's really hard to spend money in a Cheech and Chong film. We spent a lot on the space ship (a prop in the film) but it hit the floor. We spend half the film just talking in the living room...
...they are worn for any length of time, the abdominal muscles, a key prop for the spine, are likely to weaken, and the chances of back injury may increase...
...hills taken or Chinese hordes repelled. ("How many Chinese in a horde?" the gag used to be.) With Wirephotos from Tokyo, still photographers regularly beat the infant TV industry; television cameramen had to ship their film halfway round the world to San Francisco, a 36-hour flight in those prop-driven days...
...Proposition 13 to cut real estate taxes an average of 57%. This time his tax-cutting plan met strong opposition from civil service unions and other civic organizations, which argued that it would benefit the rich and cut government services to the poor. Result: Californians last week voted down Prop. 9 by 61% to 39%. Does this mean the tax revolt is over? Not likely. Noting that Californians had enjoyed $26 billion in tax reductions over three years, Governor Jerry Brown declared, "This is not the end of the tax revolt. It's a pause...