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Word: tartly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...parslied carrot spears glistened appetizingly before my eyes. I was hard-put deciding between the baked bluefish almondine or roast leg of lamb as entree. Finally, to top it all off was a succulent slice of blueberry pie a la carte. The only thing lacking was a tart ten-year-old bottle of Chateauneuf-des-Papes...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Chez Adams and the Great Dining Hall Mystery | 1/26/1979 | See Source »

...appear as vacationing Chicago doctors whose Los Angeles visit is ruined by slapstick mishaps involving torn clothing and wayward automobiles. It is a thin recap of an old Simon screenplay, The Out-of-Towners. Jane Fonda and Alan Alda fare only slightly better in their sketch. She plays a tart-tongued Newsweek editor who has flown West to fight with her ex-husband over the custody of their daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mixed Doubles | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. For cleverness, tunefulness, choreographic ingenuity and the infectious appeal of its cast (especially Henderson Forsythe's tart-tongued sheriff), Whorehouse is the standout musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: YEAR'S BEST | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...first half, Harvard's tart passing produced a slew of layups underneath. Center Dave Coatsworth labored under the glass for 11 points while guard Tom Mannix rippled four jumpers from the corner, which is the A-1 shooting position for the hot-handed sophomore. The cagers were ahead by 42-32 toward the end of the half and the gap would have been bigger if not for the 27 turnovers Harvard committed during the course of the evening...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Wagner Downs Cagers, 82-73 | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

Goaded by Carson's wife Ruth (Diana Rigg), the two men do a certain amount of preachy credo-strutting. Night and Day is much concerned with the van ities and responsibilities of journalists and a free press. Ruth has the tart last word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Scoop | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

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