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Word: vietnam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enough for Rourke to sound like a Rambo who forgot to put the airpump to his navel; he has to dress up in his Vietnam fatigues, too. Our token Italian don in Dragon doesn't just get announced as the Italian, he has to put a voice box to his punctured throat to rasp out his tough words. What's this supposed to mean? Marlon Brando, eat your heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Honesty Is Occasionally a Virtue | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

...nutshell, the storyline focuses on Detective Sargeant Stanley White (Rourke), a Vietnam Vet-turned policeman propelled by a Ramboesque obsession with the American military failure in Southeast Asia and a steely determination to flush out the undesirable element from what he regards as a cesspool of Sino-American corruption--New York City's Chinatown...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Down and Out in Chinatown | 9/20/1985 | See Source »

...South Africa is already such a pariah. Few identify it with structural problems of the system. Vietnam was different. You had bad guys all over the place," says activist Ball...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: Mainstream or Bust | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

...South Africa is already such a pariah. Few identify it with structural problems of the system. Vietnam was different. You had bad guys all over the place," says activist Ball...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: Mainstream or Bust | 9/12/1985 | See Source »

...South Africa is already such a pariah. Few identify it with structural problems of the system. Vietnam was different. You had bad guys all over the place," says activist Ball...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: Mainstream or Bust | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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