Word: toon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...film's nice conceit that Roger, Baby Herman and all the other characters from '40s Hollywood animation are creatures of a subhuman species known as Toons. They breathe, they emote, and sometimes they get cuckolded by their sultry wives. Jessica Rabbit, Roger's spouse, is one such bimbette. "I'm not bad," Jessica pouts, "I'm just drawn that way." But all Toontown knows she's been spending time with Marvin Acme, who owns the local gagworks. So when Marvin gets bumped off, Roger is the prime suspect. His only hope is Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a human detective...
...England led 42-6 before the Jets scored in the fourth quarter on Johnny Hector's 6-yard run and Ken O'Brien's 28-yard pass to Al Toon...
...break the monotony, scientists took aboard a variety of stuffed animals, including a seal, cat and penguin, and warmed up snacks of pizza, empanadas, popcorn and hamburgers in the microwave oven. Cabin temperature was kept cool to avoid overheating the high-tech instrumentation. Says Atmospheric Physicist Geoffrey Toon, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.: "If you tried to sleep during your off hours, usually you froze...
...students they definitely have provedthemselves and paid their dues. In addition toOn Thin Ice, Ronis calculates he hasdirected or acted in 45 shows. Moore puts hispersonal figure in the low thirties...
Politicians and pundits debated the value of a summit conference at a time when East-West relations are mostly chilly. "It would serve to clear the air and to have a return to normalcy," said Dimitri Simes of Washington's Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Malcolm Toon, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Moscow in the Carter Administration, disagreed vigorously. "I happen to feel summits aren't a very useful way of doing serious diplomatic or political business," he said. "It makes no sense for a U.S. President and a Soviet General Secretary to meet just in order...