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Word: rossing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DIVIDE your free time between researching the life of Betsy Ross and planning DAR functions, you might like The Rivalry. And then again, you might not. The play reminds you of those self-consciously patriotic shows that toured public schools during the Bicentennial. Most of them were vastly forgettable, and The Rivalry is no exception...

Author: By Amy R. Gutman, | Title: Rivalling the Worst | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

...where Cabinet ministers, ambassadors and favor-seekers wait to be received in audience. Inside the President's book-lined office, rows of brown leather chairs lead to his desk, which stands on a raised platform flanked by Philippine flags. In a palace interview last week with TIME Correspondent Ross H. Munro, Marcos exuded confidence as he talked about the future of his regime and his country. Despite rumors that he has serious medical problems the slender, black-haired President appeared to be thoroughly relaxed and in good health. He described the rumors that he is receiving kidney dialysis treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Interview with President Marcos | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

Screenplay by Judith Ross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Poor Grownups | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...major problem is that the adult characters are caricatures. Writer Judith Ross clearly wants to create the kind of people one finds in Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky films: well-intentioned, articulate neurotics whose comic behavior exposes their internal pain. Unfortunately, Ross has a tendency to sacrifice believability for broad gags. We are asked to accept, simply for farcical purposes, that Franny's otherwise bright parents (John Lithgow and Kathryn Walker) would pull an elaborate ruse to fool their child into thinking that their dead marriage is a happy one. Ross not only characterizes Jamie's father (Terry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Poor Grownups | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...field, is rocking harder. About one side's worth of songs on this double set will be no trial for even the toughest disco adversary, because Donna has swell pipes and because she is trying to give the music more range and bite. Watch out, Diana Ross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POP: Sounds in a Summer Groove | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

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