Word: bright
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years ago this weekend, they gathered before a fireplace in Hyannisport to rough out plans for J.F.K.'s run for the presidency. They all were there, handsome as Irish thoroughbreds, their eyes bright as dimes-Jack, Bobby, Teddy, Eunice, Jean, Pat, Ethel, Jackie, Joe and Rose. Together, attended by their Irish mafia, the Kennedys burst upon the decade to become its dominating political myth...
According to present plans, the two sides will spend another week or so testing intentions in Helsinki before each team goes home for a thorough appraisal of the outlook for possible agreement. If it is bright enough-and other outside factors do not intrude-the two sides intend to reconvene in January, probably in Vienna or Geneva...
...also unquestionably bright, and can discuss at least a narrow range of subjects with intelligence and even insight. On the David Frost Show, for example, she scored a valid point in defense of romantic love when she described the female mind as "an erogenous zone." But her observations get lost in her incessant chatter and frequent malapropisms. For a time she referred to things she found attractive as "gauche" until she finally learned that the word she wanted was "chic." Editing one of her own lines in Myra, she struck out the word "germane" and substituted "superfluous...
...Harvard rink is being used to shoot both games for economy reason. The crowds were given dark red Harvards scarves in the morning, bright red Cornell ones in the afternoon. Production manager Sal Scuppa said he didn't think anyone would notice. "It's only fiction, you know." he explained...
...environments, the square corners on which houses are built, is disrupted in favor of a world filled with senseless detail. The aviator has landed complaining that the woman he loves isn't present. Renoir cuts to a radio in her room, following the announcer's voice. The room is bright and elegant, unlike the night-time of the airfield-and full of ornament. Her dressing table overflows with gleaming toilette articles. A mirror atop it reflects her maidservant twice, filling much of the frame with her image. Very little of the rest of the room appears, and although the space...