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Word: simplemindedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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The outline could as well describe a nature documentary or even a children's picture -- anyway, something bland, earnest or otherwise simpleminded. This is not to imply that The Bear, which is an adaptation by French filmmakers of a 1916 novel by the American outdoorsman James Oliver Curwood, lacks educational...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Call of The Wilderness | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

After years of good, gray Masterpiece Theatre dramas, this three-hour import from Britain's innovative Channel 4 comes like a bracing wind from the North Sea. No decorous Edwardian soap opera, no fine period costumes, no tasteful cello music. This is a crackling, contemporary political thriller, directed at headlong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Red Harry's Revolution | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

While elitists on both sides would probably argue that such an arrangement would bore the supposedly simpleminded American voter--a justification they have used before to limit the number of debates--the chances are that these voters would appreciate not being patronized. More likely than not, these same voters care...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

Once numbers and letters lead lives of their own, colors cannot be far behind. And, indeed, they provide the supporting company of Peter Sis' Rainbow Rhino (Knopf; $11.95). Birds of primary hue -- red, yellow and blue -- lure their behemoth friend through poppy fields and banana groves searching for tranquillity. It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Liberating Youthful Spirits | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

Why all the fuss? For starters, Mecham, 63, has a daunting image problem. A veritable faux pas factory sporting a constant smirk and a vindictive manner, Mecham strikes many voters as a simpleminded ideologue who is giving a bad name to the nation's second-fastest-growing state. After rescinding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evan Mecham, Please Go Home | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

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