Word: acted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moment, though, nothing angers some conservationists so much as the swim-with-dolphin programs. The critics say the new fad stretches the limits of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which allows the "display" of dolphins under tightly regulated conditions but says nothing about programs in which people interact with the animals. The National Marine Fisheries Service, which monitors the capture and treatment of marine mammals, is holding a series of meetings to determine whether it should revise the way it permits private interests to use dolphins. For the swim programs, the stakes are high: they will have to shut down...
...Higgins' 20th book, is that Earl's task is simple. He pulls off the theft easily; for fairly complicated reasons, the intended victim wants the car to disappear. Unfortunately, Earl ignores the instructions to have the hot auto crushed in a trash compactor. He sells it instead, a characteristic act of greed that promises to get him in trouble. But Higgins seems much more interested in atmosphere than in denouement. There are long, long passages of the author's by now patented low-life banter, characters being long-winded and tedious about the banalities of their lives. Readers who like...
CLOSER THAN EVER. This musical sampler from lyricist Richard Maltby Jr. and composer David Shire is an off-Broadway charmer deftly performed. Special joys: character songs that actors Brent Barrett and Sally Mayes render as richly nuanced as one-act plays...
Producing our ads is something of a high-wire act. Television ads featuring the current issue begin appearing Sunday morning, as the magazine goes to press. So they must be produced as editorial pages are being completed. The solution: a manic production schedule coupling satellite links, chartered trucks, postmidnight meetings -- in short, the general hubbub and commotion on which Lois thrives...
...Klerk also called for chucking the Separate Amenities Act, a pillar of apartheid since 1953 that has given local authorities the power to keep blacks out of selected parks, libraries, swimming pools and other public facilities. He is given a strong chance of winning repeal of the law when Parliament reconvenes next Feb. 2. De Klerk's moves were in keeping with his gradualist approach to reducing racial discrimination. He made no mention of changing laws that maintain segregation in most schools and housing...