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Word: tornados (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...acclaimed short film the filmmaker completed several years ago. Charleen is a middle-aged woman who takes to the director like a surrogate mother, berating his inability to land a wife and accusing him of cowardly hiding behind his camera. She's a breath of sanity in McElwee's tornado of batty aspiring actresses and born-again survivalists...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: McElwee's Sherman | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...novelette which preceded Silver Bullet Steven King compares the coming of a werewolf to "the arrival of cancer, or a psychotic with murder on his mind, or a killer tornado." Judging from Silver Bullet any of those other possibilities could provide more entertainment...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Misfire | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

...Tropical Storm Bob) to make sure no reverse discrimination exists; but when does a hurricane become female and when does it become male? How can weather-casters tell if a hurricane is a boy or a girl? And how do they know when Tropical Storm Bob becomes Hurricane Bob, Tornado Bob, Cyclone Bob, or Wizard of Oz House Removal and Destruction Storm...

Author: By Bogart D. Katt, | Title: Hi Bob | 7/26/1985 | See Source »

...Would it make a difference if the weather wasn't named? Would anybody sit at home watching the weather, wishing our loud that somebody would distinguish between all the confusing anonymous hurricanes? Is anyone going to call up the weather service and ask for all the personal background on Tornado Donna from...

Author: By Bogart D. Katt, | Title: Hi Bob | 7/26/1985 | See Source »

...Amazing Story. The youngest, Nancy (now 29 and a jewelry designer in New York City), remembers: "We were sitting with our dolls, and Steven was singing as if he was on the radio. Then he interrupted himself 'to bring us an important message.' He announced that a tornado was coming, then flipped us over his head to safety. If we looked at him, he said, we'd turn to stone." Nancy played a featured role in Steven's minimum opus Firelight, a sci-fi thriller made when he was 16 and she was eight. "I played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I Dream for a Living | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

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