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Word: reels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lantern-jawed comic actress on TV's Saturday Night Live, in films (First Family) and on Broadway (Lunch Hour); and Gene Wilder, 49, cherubic actor whom she met in 1981 on the set of Hanky Panky, where they fell in love both on-and offscreen (real life and reel life diverge in their latest movie together, The Woman in Red, in which he stars and directs and she co-stars as a spurned admirer); in Los Angeles. The marriage, her second, his third, is planned for October in Connecticut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 3, 1984 | 9/3/1984 | See Source »

...Breland added, "My town has really turned out the troops." These days, ticker tape is scarce in Lower Manhattan, though a bit of the stuff was donated by Wall Street and some was imported from Connecticut. Mostly, the propmen in the upper windows threw down computer paper by the reel, toilet tissue by the roll and strips of shredded evidence. Even the boxers were warned not to wear their medals; in its brightest mood, New York is still a chain-snatcher's town. When too many spectators perched on construction scaffolding, the stand collapsed horrifyingly and 100 people were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: One Last U.S. Victory Lap | 8/27/1984 | See Source »

There is plenty more in store for Indy, Willie and Indy's pre-teen sidekick Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) before the end of reel one. A hairbreadth escape through the bustling back streets of Shanghai! A scarifying ride in a pilotless plane! A midair bailout in a raft that bounces them onto a steep mountain slope for a wild toboggan ride off a cliff and into a raging river whose rapids carry them to ... But you get the idea. An army of professionals-439 listed in the credits-has set the narrative motor purring in high gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Keeping the Customer Satisfied | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...special format allowed the Crimson to remain alive and then reel off four Straight victories to garner yet another title...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker., | Title: Crimson Ruggers Add Ivy Title to List | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...feds reel in the fugitives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIST by a K.O. | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

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