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Word: robs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thieves is not so much about its easy and obvious morals--we are all thieves; you can rob with a pen too; bankers, when robbed, even cheat on the insurance claims; depression and capitalism force us all to continually steal from one another in order to live--as about some regained, lyric beauty from the lost, mythical world it shows. (Mythical worlds always seem to be lost ones, too.) At least what it does best is this: not say anything but show at least the outline of this world of surface and detail, of atmosphere and appearance...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: Honor Among Thieves? | 4/30/1974 | See Source »

...Patty, fearing that she might be killed, has pretended to convert to the S.L.A., and was coerced into helping rob the bank. Much of her background, as well as the time she devoted to preparing for her wedding, seems to fit this theory. After her alleged conversion, one student friend said: "It just doesn't sound like her. She's too levelheaded, she's got too much of a sense of humor about things to get involved with something as fanatical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Hearst Nightmare | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

Karen Morrow belts like Merman. Rob ert Guillaume and Gail Nelson do a stir ring duet from Porgy and Bess. It is all nostalgia, perhaps; yet most of the songs sound as fresh as opening night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Looting for Fun | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

Harvard varsity lacrosse opened its season on a disappointing note last weekend, as Penn trounced the laxmen 13-4. Four Crimson players scored in the game: Gred Jackmauh, Giles Whalen, John Quinn and Rob Frisbee. Bruce Poliquin saved 19 of 32 shots on the Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coming & Going | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

Thursday's Game (1974). A made-for-TV movie, but it sounds good. (Anything with Gene Wilder, Rob Reiner, Valerie Harper and Bob Newhart couldn't be all bad.) This is about a game show producer who gets depressed, or something like that. Ch. 5, 8:30 p.m. Color, 2 hours...

Author: By F. Briney, | Title: TELEVISION | 4/11/1974 | See Source »

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