Word: blankly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...board remains predominantly blank--until someone puts up a shot. Then one of three or four advertisements gets flashed upon the screen. Once, when a game was getting out of reach, I was taking side bets to whether "Lipton Iced Tea" or "Es Para Usted" would be the next message on the board...
...last blank car to win a NASCAR race was when Greg Sacks drove an all-white TRW research-and-development car to an upset victory in the Firecracker 400 on national television. Next week, of course, the TRW car was sporting corporate logos on its body...
Then the Flyers' organization, having beaten the North Stars in the playoffs that year, picked up on the idea. Now, blank boards are a rarity; everyone seems to be doing...
...returning to their seats to socialize. The little girl on my other side was still hanging onto the ledge which overlooked the orchestra. An elderly violinist looked up, saw the little girl, and waved her bow ever so slightly. She then looked at my friend and me, her face blank. We returned to our seats...
Though the film does eventually eliminate some of its pretentious stiltedness, it's never exactly freewheeling. Part of this is due to Crouse's performance. Her face can be as expressionless as a blank billboard, and she's enigmatic from beginning...