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Word: superflack (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Newman's hard-sell tactics have turned off some of the patrons who are most knowledgeable about the arts. His prose can be flamboyant or plain trashy. He once billed Cavalleria Rusticana as "hot-blooded romance, illicit love and violent vengeance, Sicilian style." But Newman is a superflack, not a philistine. He wants to make culture a pervasive American institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Formula: Subscribe Now! | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

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