Word: aptness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...football games, horses, porcupines and staircases--and even includes a "checklist of arms control proposals" that is reminiscent of nothing so much as a Topps baseball card. But even it must descend into nuclear complexity, and sometimes it fails to emerge. Its analogies to the ancient Greeks are often apt, but are they accessible to a public that has not taken...
...that Gandhi has achieved such a respectable position among Hollywood's elite by winning the Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and the Best Costume Design awards, suddenly there are a lot more Gandhi admirers who are less apt to criticize the film because, after all, it was so important. But at least as many E.T. and Tootsie fans feel they still deserve their day in court. Gandhi's closest rivals, E.T. and Tootsie, received rave reviews and, in E.T.'s case, provided years of children's toys to come. Perhaps these movies are not as self-consciously conscientious...
...lesser athlete could not make the turns he does; one with less joy for sport would likely never try. Mahre cuts his own ruts in the snow, and those who follow his tracks are apt not to finish the course. McKinney's style is frequently described as dainty. It is said that she skips down the mountain; her skis "kiss the snow." Many of the women racers are rather robust, but McKinney, at 5 ft. 4 in., 115 Ibs., is as light as a scarf. The seventh and youngest child of Hall of Fame Steeplechase Jockey Rigan McKinney...
...mortal Chamberlaynes display stunning lack of personality without becoming caricatures. King is particularly apt in capturing a half-tipsy and harassed post-party mood during his early scenes. Licia Hurst has more trouble with the difficult role of Celia: she is the one character severely handicapped by her English accent and many of her monologues drag. Alexander Kafka, generally an appealing Peter, takes the character's confusion to an extreme: not only is Peter upset most of the time he's on stage, but one finds it difficult to imagine him ever calm...
George F. Will: The problem with television, not that it really has any, is that it's a severe to a camera, a peculiar newsgathering instrument. It has severe time constraints - 22 minutes in a newscast - and therefore is more apt to focus on vivid sights such as economic casualties and not economic complexities...