Word: sagas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...received rave reviews and, in E.T.'s case, provided years of children's toys to come. Perhaps these movies are not as self-consciously conscientious as Gandhi, but they were what pleased Americans the most this year. Where are the Gandhi dolls? And you have to admit that the saga of the Mahatma was a little long. In short, while Gandhi was certainly an excellent movie, and deserved to win some top honors including, perhaps, best picture, its winning eight of a possible 11 trophies casts doubt on the motives of the Academy...
...call it here) who get a big thing for one another and keep simmering away for about 35 years, slinging the stuff about guns, and guilt but rarely getting to the Main Event. No wonder all the mums liked it. Anyway, one of the networks here, ABC, made a saga about it, the word for anything ten hours long and slow as a stunned mullet. They say (well, they hope) the Yanks are going to watch it in their millions. Which just shows there's probably no limit to the number of poor suffering drongos...
...question of Southern identity in the late 20th century, one should note that in that phraseology lies the whole problem confronting a Southern candidate for the Presidency: a lingering sense of Southern separateness combines with an equally lingering suspicion, hostility, even prejudice against the South. The Jimmy Carter saga only heightened these tensions...
Nostalgic followers of Hawkeye, Trapper John, Hot Lips and the saga's other characters filled most House common rooms and plenty of dorm rooms, but in Lamont Library, Diane V. Espaldon '83 said she had too much worked to watch television...
...saga storms the ratings...