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Word: prowled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Frogs, Ray Milland is devoured by-you guessed it. In The Night of the Lepus, Janet Leigh is hungrily eyed by 1,500 mad, mutant rabbits, photographed so that they appear six feet tall. In Dr. Phibes, bats, bees, rats and locusts are on an angry prowl. Yet to come are a thriller about man-killing spiders; a spine-tingler about murderous house cats; something called Pigs, Pigs, Pigs; Rats, Rats, Rats; and the inevitable Dr. Phibes Rises Again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Noah's Ark of Horrors | 8/14/1972 | See Source »

...only show in town for the practicing homosexual. He has even been into "leather," gives an understanding report of the motives (and sufferings) of drag queens, transvestites and transsexuals. He records that his own first homosexual encounter was in a bathhouse where, "clad only in white towels, men prowl the hallways, groping each other in furtive search for instant sex . . . Disgusting? Yes, perhaps. Yet lasting friendships are quite commonly begun in bathhouses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Difference | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

Accessibility is the essence of her appeal. The usual Dyan Cannon role is that of the good-hearted slattern, the readily available Miss-or Mrs. -next door. In Doctors' Wives, she was a bored spouse on the prowl for fresh medical talent; in The Love Machine, the nympho consort of the head of a giant TV network; in The Anderson Tapes, a high-class prostitute. Now Otto Preminger's Such Good Friends (TIME, Jan. 10) has her bedding down with her dying husband's best friends-how else is a girl going to cope with the discovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Skin Touch | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

Oscar pinches Porsches. Oscar-that is not his real name-is a high-ranking member of one of the many auto-theft rings that prowl New York's boroughs by night. He and his partners, Jackie and Mickey, cater to the carriage trade; they work the city's classier quarters. In less than 30 seconds, Mickey can open a locked Porsche, start it and drive it away. Within 48 hours, Oscar can deliver the car, complete with new paint job and serial number, to his eager customer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Hot Porsche Caper | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

...least until "1984", the police will not prowl the dorms seeking junk. But when they get good information that someone has a sizeable load of same, expect them to act and act promptly. Robert Tonis Chief of University Police

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLICE SEEKING JUNK? | 10/2/1971 | See Source »

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