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Word: watch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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LIKE most Americans, I tuned in last week to watch Vice President George Bush and Governor Michael S. Dukakis square off in the first of three presidential debates. Although I enjoyed watching Bush feebly defend his demagogic attacks on Dukakis' patriotism, I left highly skeptical of the value of these quadrennial exercises for the American voter...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...These films have created a whole new wave or style of filmmaking. It's a really fascinating to watch the history that evolves through the series," Murphy says...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Films that Flouted Franco | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...centering on Danny's falling in love with a high school classmate, Lorna (Martha Plimpton). Plimpton is down to earth and sarcastic in her supporting role. She gets some of the movie's best lines and plays them with a kind of sassy offhandedness. She's great fun to watch, but she's out of sync with the hyper-earnestness of everyone around her, especially Phoenix...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Rebels Without a Clue | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...seems to me a waste of time to watch the two candidates plug their platforms, when the issues have faded in the face of the campaign's personality contest...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Personality Over Platform | 9/29/1988 | See Source »

...have a stop watch. We are counting the seconds until your soul is gone...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Under Pressure | 9/29/1988 | See Source »

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