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Word: smashingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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This curious and seductive song, co-written and recorded by Jackie DeShannon in 1975, has turned into a surprise hit for Kim Carnes, who has been looking for a smash almost as long as Now Voyager has been playing on the late show. Carnes, 34, who served time in the late 1960s dishing up freezer-packed folk music with the New Christy Minstrels, has a voice that is throaty without being funky, insinuating but safe, sort of like Lizabeth Scott chugging Vicks cough syrup. Garbo and Harlow are mentioned with Davis in the song, an evocation of a killer-diller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Return of the Celluloid Temptress | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...first act made clear that the show would be Moscow's biggest smash in years, enjoying an open-ended run as part of the Lenin Komsomol's permanent repertory. On opening night the 810-seat theater was jammed. The elite audience, which had received free tickets, cheered lustily, giving Rybnikov and Voznesensky standing ovations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lenin's Rockers | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

...discussion of goodness, when a student brings up Aristotle's concept of "right desire," Adler roars with pleasure. "What is really good for you is what you really need!" he shouts, waving his arms. Then he adds: "If I get so excited again I'm going to smash my watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maryland: Adolescents, Aristotle and Adler | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

...matter how much promise exists in new entertainment technology, Hollywood still lives for the box-office smash. Big resale prices to television and other video outlets, and the resulting profits, are largely determined by the success of a movie in regular theaters. The industry hopes that Warner Bros.' Superman II, the sequel of the fifth most popular picture ever made, will draw audiences back to theaters this summer. If the Man of Steel succeeds, Hollywood believes that it can prosper with movies that play both on the big screen and on the little tube...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Days at the Box Office | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

Maryland's Audrey Sehmuhl confirmed Harvard's fears at 22:26 when she received a free position ten yards in front of Crimson keeper Charlotte Worsley and proceeded to beat "Little Gump" with a blistering smash to the lower left corner...

Author: By John Beilenson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Laxwomen Fall in National Semis... | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

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