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  • I think its time for a remake of a movie in the early eighties called Gung Ho, where blue collar Michael Keaton fought to keep the towns auto factory open by selling it to the Japanese, you must remember that was another period of American paranoia.

    Tales From The Script 2 : This Time It's Orphul juliette 2009

  • Take this back to the 1980's and toss Michael Keaton into the mix and we've got ourselves another Gung Ho too!

    Hugh Jackman Officially Starring in the Comedy 'Avon Man' « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • The more you know: Brendan Fraser and The Rock reportedly offered cameo roles in "G.I. Joe" as Gung Ho and Shipwreck, respectively.

    The Dailies: April 4, 2008 » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • Bosch had heard around the station that he was called Gung Ho.

    The Black Echo Connelly, Michael, 1956- 1992

  • Sunday, Gung Ho will increase its pizza sizes, but keep the same regular prices.

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2010

  • Dial Tone and Cobra Eels, yet on the other hand my friend Bryan had Barbecue, Scarlet and Gung Ho, which seem cooler because I never had them.

    Branded in the 80s! 2009

  • Polar Bear skimobile has been re-worked to remove the guns, while new pictures were drawn for characters like Steeler (who ironically has the MOBAT behind him), Snake Eyes and Gung Ho.

    Branded in the 80s! 2009

  • The current Manhattan Yellow Pages (1986) offers little evidence that this naming trend affects the Big Apple; I cannot even find a listing for the macaronically named Chinese fast foodery some friends of mine operated a few years back, Gung Ho.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 4 1986

  • Edson was also more of a traditional Marine officer and did not embrace Carlson’s Gung Ho leadership style.

    Into the Rising Sun Patrick K. O’Donnell 2002

  • When I think back on it, it was not so much a Gung Ho shoot-’em-up sort of thing.

    Into the Rising Sun Patrick K. O’Donnell 2002

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