Word: berserked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...actually), and I have agreed to let a more gullible filmgoer play devil's advocate this week in response to my review of this movie last week. He says: "It is well worth seeing. Critics have said that Paddy Chayevsky's script about a network news announcer who goes berserk and climbs to the top of the ratings is out of control' but that is its beauty. The film is widely satirical--the very insanity of its premise--that the network keeps the insane commentator on the air because of his ratings--makes a film funnier than Eric Severaid. Faye...
...brooding, neurotic quality one might expect. Arkin's Freud is all kindliness and sanity. Vanessa Redgrave is an appropriately haunting and romantic Lola Devereaux and Nicol Williamson makes a fine Sherlock Holmes, the civilized British gentleman with a passion for fair play at all times. Even in his berserk moments, he remains the aristocratic eccentric. Though gifted with a passion for precision, he is still the ultimate amateur...
When I turn to the Dartmouth newspaper, on the other hand, I see that the town of Hanover, perhaps the entire state of New Hampshire, is going berserk in preparation for this game. Fires on Wednesday night, pre-game rallies on Friday, and some students even took the trouble to come all the way down to Cambridge to paint John Harvard green. How neat, how mean...
...point in the drama, Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey headed for the Orient on other business, then changed his mind and rushed back from the airport to his desk. Prime Minister James Callaghan used words for a rescue attempt, but drew only yawns. The British press went berserk with such three-inch headlines as CRISIS! or ? THAT SINKING FEELING. When it was all over, the British went back to their daily business as if nothing had happened. But they all knew the show would be back whether they liked...
...preposterous that a famous singer gets $2.5 million for rape damages from a hotel [Sept. 6]. Enormous awards such as this are causing soaring insurance charges that are passed on to all of us. The legal system has gone berserk and is raping the public...