Word: trend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most daring drama, encompassing every trend from artificial insemination to interracial romance. The Horton family's days pass with reckless brio. "We are a bunch of horny devils," admits the star, Susan Seaforth Hayes...
Thank God Stanley Kubrick has come back to rescue all us tired victims drowning in the current movie trend. It will be a joy to see art once more. I promise to treat myself to Barry Lyndon five times. That's what it will take to wash away my sorrows for having wasted $3.50 on Jaws...
Directors wearing puttees and waving bullhorns decorate Hollywood back-lots. The air reeks of bathtub gin. Model Ts cause traffic jams. At first it was simple evocations of the '20s (The Great Gatsby) and '30s (Chinatown). Now the trend is narcissistic...
...child's birth was an occasion of pride. Christening blankets were a traditional gift; often quotations from Scripture were embroidered on them, and they were handed down over the generations. The children were breast-fed-or if their parents were rich and interested in emulating the latest London trend, a wet nurse was hired. The child was wrapped in "flannel sheets," as the homespun blankets or quilts were usually called, and bedded in a cradle; diapers in the modern sense were unknown...
Last week General Electric Co., the U.S.'s largest electrical-equipment manufacturer, joined the trend. G.E. announced that it plans to acquire Utah International Inc., a large but little-known San Francisco-based mining company (1974 sales: $500 million) that has extensive reserves of coal, uranium and other natural resources in the U.S. and abroad. GE plans to pay about $ 1.9 billion in stock for Utah International...