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Word: stupid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Linda is the force that keeps the Loman family from coming unglued long before it finally does. She is not stupid; she is not un-moved by dreams of better times, nor unaware that they shall remain little more than dreams. But as peacemaker in the family, she cannot afford the emotional flights which characterize the male members of the family. That dynamic works in the play for the same reasons it has worked in generations of families. It seems clear that Miller intended to have her function that way, and it is not at all clear why Lewis plays...

Author: By Barbara Fried, | Title: Death Takes a Holiday | 7/23/1974 | See Source »

Midnight at the Welles features two baddies. Pink Flamingos is stupid, trashy, and disgusting. You'd be better off staying home and watching the radio than seeing this. Zachariah, campy version of the cowboy movie, features Josh Rubenstein (son of Arthur), Country Joe and the Fish and the Firesign Theater. Cute, but not very. Boring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SCREEN | 7/19/1974 | See Source »

...game suffers more than it ever did from its bloodied-oaf aficionados-the rough, vulgar, vandalistic, stupid, even murderous. British supporters have become notorious for their train ripping, window smashing, bovver booting, bottle fights. Recent British fan conduct in Holland led to Times editorials and high-level apologies on behalf of the whole British nation. Volatile Latins, though less ebullient than the stolid Anglo-Saxons, have been known to bite ears off referees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: An Ancient Kickaround (Updated) | 7/8/1974 | See Source »

...side of the story and contended that the Rothkos' arrival in New York was caused by the blunder of someone in the Paris museum ("I'm not responsible for the French government making a mistake"). Other discrepancies of documents and dating, said Lloyd, were the fault of "stupid secretaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Rothko Tangle | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

Authority official who told him, after he pleaded for a few more weeks to harvest the family's crops before going to Tule Lake: "Unless you're stupid, crippled or sick-all you Japs get on that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: Tule Lake 30 Years Later | 6/10/1974 | See Source »

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