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Word: shame (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...arrangement that will surely be very profitable for the Pudding, but maybe not so profitable for the Pudding, but maybe not so profitable for the ensemble, which drew only 25 or 30 hardy souls to a recent performance of its current selection. The low attendance is a shame, because even if the play--Frank Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Subject Was Roses -- is pretty poor, it's still the best piece of theater to cross the Pudding stage in many a year. And only the women wear bras...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: The Subject Was Trite | 6/30/1978 | See Source »

...first murder, of necessity turns into a fast-paced detective yarn. It seems as if the authors realized that they did not have enough time to delve into the subtle ramifications of each of Berkowitz's crimes, and settled on the Mickey Spillane approach instead. It is a shame; the book could have been much more powerful had the authors decided only to portray one or two of the families that Berkowitz shattered with his big wood-handled .44. That, however, would not have sold so well...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Making a Killing | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

There is such a hunger for romance, for decent emotions, that people will probably go to see this film despite its vulgar ineptitude. But it is a shame that the romantic spirit should, these days, be the first refuge for the charlatan, the last for honest craftsmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Big Score | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

...feel a sense of shame, even pity, for the "Senate 68" who voted aye on the Panama Canal treaty [May 1] in spite of the wishes of their constituents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1978 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...shame Joe Campos Torres was not a dog or cat. If he had been one, I am sure the Humane Society and the community of Houston would have sought and achieved justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 8, 1978 | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

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