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Word: romanticize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Other series are less distinguishable from routine network fare. Duet, a half-hour romantic comedy, uses familiar sitcom contrivances to chronicle the relationship between a detective-story writer and a caterer. And Cannell's 21 Jump Street will spend an hour each week following the exploits of a group of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Room For One More? | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Some producers are trying to lure women by making hard-core imitations of soap operas like The Young and the Restless or Harlequin romances. Says Bill Margold of West Hollywood, a longtime performer in and director of porno films: "The industry is trying to capture the soap opera, the romance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Romantic Porn in the Boudoir | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

Though many feminists oppose all X-rated material, some seem willing to accept couples films, at least in principle. "If this porn is the new erotica that appeals to women, then I think it's terrific," says Gloria Steinem. Betty Friedan, a longtime opponent of censorship, says, "Any romantic, exploring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Romantic Porn in the Boudoir | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

Chloe and Hugh do eventually meet and make love, but this romantic moment quickly pales beside other, pressing concerns. The hospital administrator assumes that Chloe is a spy. A weekend jaunt to a nearby cave yields a dying man and then, in short order, a corpse for which none of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Onlookers At A Revolution PERSIAN NIGHTS | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

Three passions consume the roiling romantic soul of Herbert I. ("Hi") McDonnough (Nicolas Cage). He has a fondness, though not really much of a talent, for robbing convenience stores. He loves his wife Edwina (Holly Hunter), a police officer he met on his frequent vacations at the local prison. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rootless People RAISING ARIZONA | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

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