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Word: turkeys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could conceivably be argued that the film is a metaphor for the fate of a society sated by its own prosperity, obsessed by its own comforts. It is difficult, however, to credit such subtleties to a director whose idea of a good visual pun is a man holding a turkey between his legs while a woman cuts the squealing bird's head off with an ax. Ferreri's other sight gags include a couple rutting around in pastry batter and a toilet exploding, inundating everyone in the vicinity with excrement. Much is alien to a sensibility like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Weight Watchers | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...sports fan will be interested to know that the above-mentioned schools provide some of the most exciting football in the city. An exciting grid schedule is climaxed by the traditional Turkey day tiffs, featuring rivalries as old and exciting as Harvard-Yale. A few games, and you'll want to stay in Boston over the Thanksgiving recess just to witness these sports spectacles, filled with the school spirit of days gone...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Gamesmanship | 10/5/1973 | See Source »

...future will confront the Supreme Court's ruling on pornography (as it applies to a fund-raising show for Maude's local library). Later in the season Maude will even have a face-lifting, after conceding that she feels "like an old hen with a turkey's neck and crow's-feet-I could be the centerfold for the Audubon Society." Her on-camera rejuvenation will be accomplished with tape and makeup, but the idea for the show came from Bea Arthur herself, who plans to have the real thing during the mid-season hiatus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Big Bea | 10/1/1973 | See Source »

Hall later elaborated by saying that the soy substitute would be used only in dishes where it could be disguised: "In turkey a la king or chicken a la king, for example, some people even think it makes it taste better," he said. "But too much soy makes a lesser quality product. And we'll never put two soya products on the same menu...

Author: By Richard J. Meislin, | Title: Raisins Cut From Menu As Food Costs Soar | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...recent session for promotional photographs, Riggs posed as legendary masterful males. He mugged in turn as Rudolph Valentino swishing a sword, Tarzan swinging with Jane, Henry VIII brandishing a turkey drumstick. Divers bosomy blondes sprawled at his feet, including two of his new friends, Sandra Giles and Susan Holloway. When Susan observed that "these pictures aren't very sexy," Bobby agreed and asked Susan to take off her clothes. She complied to the last thread, and Bobby Riggs Tudor began pawing like a satyr. "Wow! This is more fun than turkey legs. Turn around, honey, let them see more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bobby Runs and Talks, Talks, Talks | 9/10/1973 | See Source »

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