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Word: snappier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...billboard, and it doesn't say EAT JELL-O; it says TRY COCAINE. And your papers and your magazines ((would be)) full of attractive ads saying OH, HAVE A BALL, GET STONED ON COCAINE, YOU'LL NEVER TRY ANYTHING ELSE." Senator D'Amato earlier sardonically suggested some snappier slogans: "The weekend belongs to heroin," for example, or "This crack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thinking the Unthinkable | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

Demme (Melvin and Howard) is on higher ground and does a snappier dance. E. Max Frye's script offers a careering trip through the East Coast Nighttown previously explored by Desperately Seeking Susan, After Hours and Blue Velvet. Solid Citizen Jeff Daniels meets Madcap Airhead Melanie Griffith and in a trice is stripped, handcuffed, kidnaped, beaten up and plied with big wet licky kisses. Natch, he goes for it. "What are you gonna do," Melanie asks, "now that you've seen how the other half lives . . . the other half of you." Daniels holds together better than the movie, which lurches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Desperately Seeking Something | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

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