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Word: samantha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other actresses are competent enough to fill stereotypes without seeming too shallow: Kate, who ambitiously pursues a career despite the loneliness it forces on her; Samantha, a pragmatist who decides she is not very talented and therefore should sacrifice herself to a husband who is; Holly, a kind person who lacks the drive to succeed; Muffett, who says she is not promiscuous, but hates going to bed alone; Leilah, who realizes she is not brilliant, but only "highly competent," and so moves to Iraq to make competent additions to the field of sociology; and Susie Friend, an over-enthusiastic...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Not Just Folks | 11/19/1980 | See Source »

...Cort's Max, while as wide-eyed and clumsy as Buster Keaton, fails to add the vibrant punch that his mordant Harold could not escape. Nor does love interest Samantha Eggar provide anything more than good, solid acting...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: School Days | 8/8/1980 | See Source »

MARRIED. John Williams, 48, hot Hollywood sound-track composer (Jaws I and II, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back), who succeeded Arthur Fiedler as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra this year; and Samantha Winslow, thirtyish, a Los Angeles freelance photographer; he for the second time, she for the first; in Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 23, 1980 | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

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