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Word: victor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fram, who emerged the victor, had the weighty responsibility of naming the rest of the masthead. After deliberating for a week, he filled the top executive spots with his former adversaries...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Hallowed Be Its Name | 3/14/1984 | See Source »

Thomas Chandler and Victor Howard, two internal-affairs division officers who worked with McLaughlin in uncovering the drug ring, strongly disagree. They also claim to have been threatened recently; a package arrived last month at their Chicago headquarters with cut-up animal parts, two dead fish, and a note reading, "Death for you and yours." Howard says that McLaughlin's assailants knew who he was: "The message those attackers gave him was 'You broke the code, and nobody is going to get away with that.' " A police officer in Georgia who is familiar with the case, explaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Open Target | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...film centers around a holiday vacation, in which two middle-aged friends. Matthew (Michael Caine) and Victor (Joseph Bologna) escape to Rio to offset their mid-life crises with some warn weather adventure. When the movie opens, Victor is already in the midst of a divorce, while Matthew receives a rude awakening when packing with his wife Karen, (Valerie Harper) for Rio. Karen informs Matthew that he cannot put his snorkeling equipment in her suitcase because she has decided to go to Club Med to think their marriage over...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: Sunburn | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

...Victor and Matthew are accompanied by their teenaged daughters, Jennifer (Michelle Johnson) and Nicki (Demi Moore). While the foursome drive along the strip of beach upon arriving at Rio and notice sun bleached bodies cavorting on the sand, Victor asks "Maybe we should talk about 'boys." We see however, as the film progresses, that Victor's parental concerns do not extend any farther than the brief car ride. In fact by the end of the film, we begin to wonder who the children really...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: Sunburn | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

...While Victor roams the beaches and cruises nightclubs. Matthew begins an affair with Jennifer, the adolescent. Gelbart and Stevens must have thought that Rio exudes an atmosphere that sparks improbable romances. How else could one explain the affair between the sheepish Matthew and the sultry Jennifer. Since no legitimate explanation can be gleaned from the script, we are forced to believe Jennifer's explanation, when she tells Nicki "I've always had a crush on your father...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: Sunburn | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

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