Word: applaudable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cast is full of interesting character actors who have no chance to do their thing. Those who applaud Alien for featuring a "liberated, non-sexist" heroine-Signourney Weaver, who proves to be the strongest and most resourceful crew member--should take another look at her brawl with Ian Holm; at last we have a heroine sturdy enough to be elaborately bashed and pummelled, slammed and kicked with enough intensity to give sado-masochists wet dreams for millenia to come...
There may be very valid reasons why we should not send Jimmy Carter back to the White House in 1980. But for the moment, let us all stand up and applaud what this man has done in the Middle East [March...
...league and, last year, the Most Valuable Player award. Most eloquent testimony of all: Willie Stargell, 37, the Pirates' captain and home run leader, claimed no right to salary seniority à la Yastrzemski when Parker's contract was announced. He came, instead, to the signing ceremony to applaud his teammate. In his 17th major league season, Stargell offered this long view on the young star: "Dave is the best in the game and he deserves to be paid the best. He's the kind of player who only comes along once every 20 or 30 years...
...found that his cable line was on the blink; the former President had to wait for the evening news for the pictures. But there was no lack of good Republican enthusiasm for the man who had beaten him at the polls, or for the treaty. "I applaud it," he later roared over the phone. "All three met the challenge. I hope the doubters recognize that this is the only way we can get a comprehensive settlement. I hope the radical Arabs calm down. And I hope the moderate Arabs help...
There was plenty more for the Fenway faithful to applaud--stand-ins Bob Montgomery (behind the plate for sore-armed Carlton Fisk) and Jack Brohamer (playing third base until Butch Hobson is ready to throw again) each banged out a double and a triple. Montgomery added a single, and Brohamer turned three nifty plays at the hot corner to lift one burden off the shoulders of New England...