Word: ripping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pointy heads are all thrown into the Potomac River," he harangued, "we'll live in fear of criminal thugs on the one hand and federal judges on the other." He lambasted the "filthy rich" and their tax-free foundations. He lashed the Eastern press and "the welfare rip-off artists." In an area where unemployment is 14%, he blasted the multinational companies for taking jobs out of the country. He blamed the Federal Government for not helping the shoe industry because it is "too busy busing little children in Springfield...
...million circulation for his monumentally vulgar magazine ("We're looking to turn the reader on, not respond to some sexual fantasy"), is charged with offering the services of a prostitute to one of the city's vice-squad members. Flynt runs three Hustler Clubs in Ohio, tacky rip-offs of the Playboy Clubs, offering expensive drinks and leggy "hostesses." His Cincinnati dive has been in and out of trouble with the police and the state's liquor-control commission for several years...
...movies passed the House last year. It is pending before the Senate Finance Committee and a new attempt to muster votes for it probably will be made in 1976. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Vice President Burton R. Marcus concedes that the current law has bred abuses that "constitute a rip-off and ought to be eliminated." Like other motion-picture executives, however, he is afraid that Congress may enact legislation that would damage the industry's ability to obtain conventional outside financing...
...Rip Torn, always an exciting stage presence, is just right for Tom. He never lets the moody dreamer erode the spiky will to escape and achieve. While a trifle too young for the part, Paul Rudd as the "gentleman caller" captures a quality that is very difficult to project from a stage, the kindness...
Broadway's Circle in the Square Theater as a "gymnasium," New York Times Critic Clive Barnes called the revival of the 1944 work "magnificent." After offering praise to Stapleton and Cast Members Rip Torn, Pamela Payton-Wright and Paul Rudd, Tennessee expressed some surprise at Menagerie's longevity. "They teach it in college now, and everybody approaches it as though it were a place of worship," he observed. "Frankly, I fall asleep at times...