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Word: toms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sarah discovers Norman's and Annie's true plans, convinces her not to go away, and informs Norman's wife--Annie's sister--Ruth (Lizellen La Follette) of their adulterous intentions. To confuse matters, neighborhood veterinarian and nerd Tom (Paul Gottlieb) has romantic interests in Annie...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Currier's Conquests | 12/4/1979 | See Source »

...quibbles with director Kathy Lo: Tom and Jim wear suits though they both labor in a warehouse. Why? Tom's makeup is too heavy, almost feminine. A subtle grittiness is missing. Also, Tom gives his narrator speeches front and center stage, not separate enough, not isolated enough. A perch on the fire escape/balcony, even a stroll nearer the audience would have been a nice touch. The lighting was properly dim, but the frequent blackouts for scene changes were too stark, too sudden, t.v.-like, often disturbing the sense of a flow of dream images. Finally, Williams' script calls for fiddle...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: The Smash Menagerie | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Lawyers advise the class how to write a will, and each child does. A girl stipulates: "I leave my bed to my second cousin Millie." A boy's will: "My puppy to Tim. Fonz helmet to Tom." Out of who knows what urge one willmaker allots his comic books to his brother but specifies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: A Life and Death Class | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Wrote Washington Post Television Critic Tom Shales: "The Ayatullah Khomeini has the world by the networks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Tehran's Reluctant Diplomats | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...with appropriate cynicism. "It can be very boring, you know. I don't think I'd like to act full time. There just isn't enough time to see your friends," His real ambition, he confesses, is to have a farm in Colorado with his friends Tom and Scott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Kids a Real Natural | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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