Word: rug
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Oriental rug and weaving benefit: for refugees, at Phillips Brooks House, Harvard Yard, Saturday...
...court warrant, determined to find out if Agnes has all her marbles before the trial begins. Her efforts are slowed by the government, the Church, and, for her own reasons, the indomitable Mother Superior Anne Bancroft). All parties are determined to see the case quickly brushed under the rug, which places Fonda in her familiar, irritating role of crusader. Amusingly, Fonda chain smokes throughout the movie, which certainly won't sell any videos...
Before leaving for 1985, Marty finally gets his parents back together (advising them that if they ever have an eight year-old son who accidentally sets the living room rug on fire, to "go easy on him.") He also tries to tell Doc Brown, who in his younger days staunchly refuses to hear about the future, of his demise...
...able to take one rug, no furniture and no books or scores that predated 1946; family heirlooms had to be left behind. Forsaken too was the hard-won respect that the Soviets gave grudgingly to Jewish artists. "Jews are considered a lower echelon," notes Davidovich, a gentle, gracious woman whose expressive face and eyes faithfully mirror her emotions. "I received my title of Deserving Artist five years after friends who had won no competitions. In my career, everything, like playing in the West and teaching, happened with delays...
Apparently convinced that the cure was more painful than the original ailment, Carter "pulled the rug out from under" his appointed inflation-buster, Feldstein says...