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Word: tannings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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None of these forgetable films, though, are quite as bad as Heat, an impossibly dull plod through the Vegas underworld. Reynolds--transformed into a Mexican by the careful application of some Ultra-Tan Lotion--stars as Nick Escalante, professional chaperone and "master of edged weapons." Even after chewing on it for three days, I cannot think of word scathing enough to describe Reynolds' somnabulatory performance. He's so wooden that you want to build an addition out of him. He stumbles through the moronic plot like the newly-resurrected, his face frozen into a tanned grimace, with not a single...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: How Do I Hate Thee? | 3/20/1987 | See Source »

Fleischer said the stripper, who took off a tan business suit to "wiggle out of that into red underwear and garters", did not seem to mind the crowd. "I don't think she expected so many people to be there, but she seemed to enjoy it. And I'm sure she was well compensated afterwards. It was all very friendly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sending Strip-a-grams: A Different Kind of Gift | 3/13/1987 | See Source »

...Stanford must exist, I hear you say. Really, I know some people who go there! They're all tall, and blond, and tan, and there's this one girl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clip and Save: Excerpts From the Upcoming Lampoon-Chaparral Collaboration | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

They say goodbye, and Ifan continues his walk down the path until he comes to a barbed-wire corral. There, a tan pony and a gray mule stand quietly. A heavenly silence seems to enfold the land. Ifan walks the corral, and the mule comes over to better observe this strange man. They stare at each other for several minutes, and then Ifan nods to the mule and walks on. Ifan, today, will be a solitary apparition in the dreamscape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Mexico: Visions Along the Amtrak Line | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...such tired themes as polyester leisure seats and mobile homes--and couldn't capture the audience. Master of Ceremonies Brett Butler tried hard, but was undistinguished. Many of her lines were no better than this one she told to a patron in the front row: "That is some tan you have there--we're talking melanoma city...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Square Life: | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

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