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Word: vulgarizes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Slap Shot (1977): One of my favorite movies. Unfortunately that character is a lot closer to me than I would care to admit-vulgar, on the skids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: His Own Critic: Newman on Newman | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...other players do well in their roles, although only Lewis Goldman as the vulgar Birdboot and Fatima Mahdi as the terrifically sinister Mrs. Drudge ("The fog is very treacherous around here--it rolls off the sea without warning, shrouding the cliffs in a deadly mantle of blind man's bluff...") manage to match Edelstein's spirit...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Whodunit With a Twist | 11/11/1982 | See Source »

Political cartoons are the right of all papers, but when the intent to satire becomes vulgar, the line should be drawn and intelligent discretion should be employed. Joe Carrabino...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poor Taste | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

...sometimes cunning and guarded, then unnervingly straightforward. He can be vulgar and abusive to his closest associates, yet passionately loyal. He cherishes honor and courage, but is a far better loser than winner, gallant in defeat, gloating in victory. He is perhaps the most openly ambitious man in America, yet he admits, "My desire to excel borders on the unhealthy." He urges world peace, yet many of his heroes are conquerors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaking Up the Networks | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

Inevitably with Russell, the evening has a vulgar side as well. In one scene, set in Tom's London house, a couple strip naked and proceed to make love while Tom and Nick debate the merits of Tom's marriage to Baba. In the last act, Tom may win back his soul by guessing three cards Nick has plucked from a deck. As a pair of black men saunter by, Tom correctly names the two of spades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rousing the Rake in Florence | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

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