Word: superealism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some of its largest deals last year included Mirage jet fighters to Zaire, AMX-30 tanks to Venezuela, antitank missiles to several Middle East countries and Super Frelon helicopters to China. Recently, it is reported, France agreed to sell a fleet of Mirages to the tiny Persian Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi...
...raving as plain lechery. His ambition as a rock star thwarted, he joins the genga trade--shots of blitz-eyed traders wearing shades and a leopard skin vest he twirls two pistols in parody--the Western hero turned outcase. One the run, a hunted man, his record becomes a super hit; a doomed man, he reaps a martyr's glory--at this point the movie gets boring--he dodges the cops a while longer and then gets shot up on the beach. Three guesses as to why Jimmy Cliff was so quickly initiated into the local pantheon of counterculture super...
This year, two things made the brisk monotony of a Minnesota January more bearable: the upcoming Super Bowl and the Wounded Knee trial. But for all the publicity focused on the "Indian Trial of the Century" (in the words of defense attorney William Kunstler), most Minnesotans seemed more interested in Vikings than Indians...
Martin's deliberate routine is speeded up for the Super Bowl because, as he says, "every red-blooded American has an opinion on that game-and wants to put down his bet-the minute the conference championships end." More than a hundred people were waiting at the Church after the Miami-Oakland game for Martin and his colleague, Frank Hall, to set the spread...
...Halfway through the Oakland game," Martin explains, "I began to think about the Super Bowl." He immediately gave Miami a three-point edge because of its overall strength: "They have Larry Csonka powering up the middle. Mercury Morris is unstoppable around the ends, plus you've got Bob Griese at quarterback and Paul Warfield as wide receiver. And you've got that great offensive line. It's a smooth machine." On defense, Martin thinks "Miami is the toughest in the league." Indeed, they have allowed opponents only 11 points per game this season. Figures Martin: "I just...