Word: aura
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both Houses of Congress have rejected Kemp-Roth, and the measure still bears an aura of eccentricity. In recent months more traditional Republican economists, like former Treasury Secretary George Shultz, have begun winning a greater influence in the Reagan camp. And last week the congressional leaders persuaded Reagan to limit for now his for mal proposal of Kemp-Roth to the first year's 10% cut. "Don't go for the second and third year," argued New York's Barber Conable, ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee. "The press will aggregate it, come...
Presley is by no means the only departed celebrity whose ongoing aura is the subject of courtroom clashes. In the past few years a number of cases brought by heirs of stars have produced so many conflicting rulings that probably only Congress can settle the is sue of whether fame-or, at least, its residuals-can be inherited...
Where have all the nannies gone? Julie Andrews glows with the aura of good, giving gentle Londoners a lesson in anti-imperialism. And Dick Van Dyke chimney-sweeps his way into the hearts and minds of even the most phlegmatic. By contrast, Jane and Michael's banker father sings, "Tradition, discipline and rules must be the tools." Mary manages to convert him eventually, though. The Politburo would surely censor this film--never has the case for healthy dissent been so eloquently stated. The message is simple: if you start worrying about conquering nations, you easily forget to feed the birds...
...American Ballet Theater has produced the full-length La Bayadére, at a cost of about $500,000. American balletgoers are not used to such a florid, densely populated drama. To appreciate it, one must be prepared for a very full, surprising experience. The evening has a slight aura of grand opera; when a procession of priests makes a stately entrance, one almost expects them to sing...
...Empire Yoda is his alter ego. Yoda's speeches might almost be called The Wit and Wisdom of George Lucas. Like Yoda, Lucas is a devout believer in the Force. Says Lucas: "When you are born, you have an energy field around you. You could call it an aura. An archaic description would be a halo. It is an idea that has gone all the way through history. When you die, your energy field joins all other energy fields in the universe, and while you're still living that larger energy field is sympathetic to your own energy...