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Word: nightclubs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fast-track careers of Novelists Jay McInerney, 31, and Bret Easton Ellis, 23, have intriguing parallels. McInerney's 1984 best-selling fictional debut, Bright Lights, Big City, chronicled the downward spiral of an unnamed young writer who delves into New York City's nightclub netherworld with the help of his fast-talking best friend, Tad Allagash. Next year Ellis' Less than Zero caused a publishing sensation with its stark portrayal of sybaritic youth in suburban Los Angeles. Both writers' books are currently being made into major motion pictures. And both writers are slated to come out with new novels within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 15, 1987 | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

Rodgers and Clark finally do get a club date, their big break. Unfortunately, the nightclub is in North Africa. The dippy duo sets off for the desert and soon find themselves embroiled in a Communist coup and a CIA plot...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Ishtar | 5/15/1987 | See Source »

...hear those old show tunes too. In the past year, since he opened at Manhattan's venerable Algonquin Hotel, he has become the brightest, newest star on the high-class cabaret circuit. He made a cameo appearance in February on NBC's The Two Mrs. Grenvilles -- as a nightclub singer of the '40s -- and he has performed at the White House; the current tenant is a fan. "Hey, Nancy," Ronald Reagan said when he first heard Feinstein at a Palm Springs party, "you've got to hear this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Wanna Sing a Show Tune . . . | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

MIKHAIL TURNED and at once broke into a smile. "Rutger!" He cautioned me with a finger to his lips. "You must be careful. Raisa knows all about that nightclub in Reykjavik. She has spies everywhere." He handed me a big furry hat, a fake moustache, and a Politburo I.D. badge. "Better wear these...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: My May Day With Mikhail | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

...this Wednesday night scenario was hardly a sophisticated nightclub, with neither low lights nor continuous music...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Swinging Into Action | 4/24/1987 | See Source »

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