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Word: pumper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next-to-last group of immigrants who embraced the capaciousness of the American promise. See The Mambo Kings -- attend to its music and its sensuous moves -- and try, just try, to keep from dancing out of the theater. For two bouncy hours, whether you are a gas pumper in Omaha or an art dealer looking for new canvases to conquer, you can be a Cuban in love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arne Glimcher, Ole! | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

...delves into the life of a Black family in Red Hook, a Brooklyn housing complex. The movie examines the fate of the young generation in urban New York City. The viewer sympathizes with the plight of the son. Dennis Brown, who looks down on his father, an abusive gas-pumper. But Brown has no patience to work his way out of Brooklyn and is determined to rob a drug dealer. Both the father and son emerge as the victims and not the villains of society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Case You'd Rather Stay Home | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

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