Word: smashingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...financial contours of summer '83 are similar to those of '82: one super-smash (Return of the Jedi) from the mega-hit monopoly of Spielberg-Lucas (the six top alltime grossers, including last year's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, were either produced or directed by Steven Spielberg or George Lucas); one surprise hit from early spring that gained momentum by the summer (Porky's in 1982, Flashdance this year); and the usual olio of comedies, thrillers and musicals. As of last week, seven 1983 films had earned more than $50 million: Jedi ($216.9 million), Flashdance...
...force is so strong that it pulls away a steady stream of gases, mostly hydrogen and helium, from its larger companion. As the gases spiral toward the neutron star, they heat up, reaching such high temperatures (up to 10 million°C) and densities that the atoms of hydrogen smash into each other and fuse. This causes a runaway thermonuclear explosion that spews a torrent of X rays. During the period of calm after the explosion, ranging from a few hours to a few days, enough fresh material piles up on the surface of the neutron star to fuel another...
...spectrum. Bowie's impact and influence have always charted higher than his actual record sales. In a decade on RCA in the U.S., his 19 albums sold a combined 10 million copies, while sales of singles added up to 3 million. Until the Let's Dance smash, this would have meant that EMI was making a heavy investment in prestige. Now it looks as if they may have lucked...
Cohn, a British emigre, has written mostly about rock music. He made the trip from Grub Street toward Easy Street by way of Hollywood: the film version of his 1976 New York magazine story about Brooklyn disco culture was a box office smash. Cohn's subsequent New York cover was "24 Hours on 42nd Street," a lurid first-person account of a day and night spent swallowing street drugs amid the sexual sleaze of Times Square...
...years, AMC has been developing a French accent. Except for the four-wheel-drive Eagle, the firm has retired all the passenger cars it used to make. In their place is a new line of cars imported from France, including the subcompact Le Car and the sporty Fuego. The smash hit, though, has been the appropriately named Alliance, manufactured in Kenosha...