Word: weirdly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Russians got in their weird licks by charging that Bobby was using mysterious "electronic devices and chemical substances" to cause Boris to "lose his fighting spirit." The absurdity of it all was summed up when, in the subsequent investigation, a chemist whipped an open plastic bag around the stage of the playing hall and then sealed it for later analysis with the label AIR FROM STAGE...
...ants have had their way. But the sequence was deleted by Bass because he thought it too abstract. It may be just as well: the movie is not substantial enough to support the kind of philosophical freight such a montage would imply. Phase IV works best as a weird thriller and as a showcase for Bass's talents, which transform a story that could have been entirely silly into a bit of necromancy that lingers like an omen...
...following Monday, the Coalition and its supporters were treated to a weird show as council members alternately reflected, whined, pontificated and obfuscated the issue concerning the Coalition's new demand that the hearing and debate of the demands presented the previous week take place at the Martin Luther King School so that the community might listen and participate...
...short, as sitcoms go, The Texas Wheelers is tough-minded and daring -a sly, understated assault on the nation's favorite fantasy of bucolic innocence, its weird belief that scrabbling along the poverty line somehow strengthens morals, straightens thoughts and leads to enhanced appreciation of the simple things. In television's present climate, this show probably faces as tough a struggle for survival as its leading characters, but one cannot help pulling for it, especially when considering the caliber of the competition among the other new poor-people shows...
...fledged "greasy spoons"--low-budget, fast food places. The food in these establishments is generally cheap, and you usually get what you pay for. The decor in most is hokey and the scene raunchy, but when you are going out of your mind for something to eat at some weird hour of the day, or, if you are just plain sick of eating dining hall food, keep them in mind...