Word: bigwig
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Some bigwig at Warner Bros. must have been traumatized by a move to the 'burbs; Funny Farm is Warner's third comedy in a year to deal with New Yorkers who find angst in New England. (Another film, Moving, exiled Richard Pryor from New Jersey to darkest Idaho.) But The Witches of Eastwick and Beetlejuice had infernal satire in mind and an intelligent eye for the grotesque. Funny Farm is mostly just a country store stocked with stale notions and antique gags: Mr. Bland Builds His Dream House...
...what's in store for the former Yalie bigwig tomorrow? "Oh, I don't know," he says, stroking his goatee. "I think I'll probably sign some more baseballs...
...tasty mix of sweetness and vinegar. A Table at Ciro's, from a Budd Schulberg story, resorts to broader caricature, as some familiar Hollywood types (washed-up director, naive ingenue, swaggering Latin lover) gather at a dinner hosted by a powerful studio mogul. But Darren McGavin plays the bigwig with such bemused dignity that the character seems brand...
...Harvard resembled room, on the other hand, resembled a bigwig bash. Among the guests were President Derek C. Bok (who gave a postgame speech), Vice President Daniel Steiner '54, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, and former football Captain Steve Abbott...
Voters who go through the routine procedure of changing their party registrations do not ordinarily get gala receptions thrown in their honor or receive the personal congratulations of just about every bigwig in their new political tribe. But then Jeane Kirkpatrick is no ordinary voter. When the departing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations confided that she was severing a lifelong affiliation with the Democratic Party and planning to register as a Republican, G.O.P. officials gleefully scheduled a celebration bash for April 3 and sent out invitations decorated with a drawing of a dancing elephant. Just about every ranking Republican...