Word: baddings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bad enough, but Cleveland's biggest crisis may be one of leadership. "It is my challenge to convert my critics," said Kucinich after beating the recall. That's a large order, since leaders of the Republican Party, of his own Democratic Party and of the black community, as well as 24 out of 33 city councilmen, the Teamsters Union and the Cleveland A.F.L.C.I.O., called for Kucinich's removal. The mayor has hinted that he will make changes in his brash young staff and will also start acting more conciliatory. Preaches he: "Let us work to achieve...
...conclave, which will be a new experience for all but the eleven Cardinals who were at the 1963 conclave-three of whom also attended the 1958 conclave. Says one Vatican Cardinal: "We have got to get it over with as quickly as possible or it will create a very bad impression with the public," which will assume deep divisions exist...
With air travel on the rise because of the profusion of cheaper fares, FAA Chief Langhorne Bond speculates that the industry may be seeing a "new breed" of gentler, friendlier mass air traveler. Nonetheless, the bad old kind is still a problem. Worldwide, there were 31 skyjacking attempts last year, vs. only 15 in 1976. This year the number of such incidents has remained high, with 14 attempts so far, including three in the U.S.-all of which were unsuccessful. New breed or no, the FAA has extended its requirement for the screening of air travelers from just scheduled flights...
...Ange les for 20 minutes without attracting a single squad car, when you or I get hauled in just for failing to make a left-turn signal? How come Hill insists on making the leading lady (Isabelle Adjani) so enigmatic, so much the dark lady of a thou sand bad screenplays, that the entire audience giggles every time she talks without moving her lips? And, finally, how come the Department of Energy didn't shut this picture down? It must have cost Kuwait's entire monthly output to fuel this non sense, with a resultant entertainment value somewhat...
...producers is at least as old as Jack Warner's reputed classification of scriptwriters as "schmucks with Underwoods." Puzo has no illusions or false pride about his screen work. "I'm fascinated by the movies simply because it is an enormous machine for making money and no matter how bad they run it, it still makes money. It's the perfect industry to put your nephew in and your idiot cousin, because they'll be geniuses...