Word: brights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bright as its comedy is, Nice Work takes place within a sort of psychological smog spread by England's economy. All the characters, whether they know it or not, are indirect victims of Thatcherism -- Robyn because of the cuts in public spending that have ravaged her university's budget; Vic because of Rummidge's desperate rust-belt competition, which causes his firm to be taken over and him to get the sack; even Robyn's lover Charles because of the post-Big Bang financial speculations that lure him from academe and leave him adrift. This theme weighs a bit heavily...
...only one with the bright ideas. Terry decided to write his T-thing on revival cults...
Folly. Or stupidity? I consider myself a semi-bright student who mastered the art of taking phone messages sometime in my early teens. Yet, as a housesitter, I must straddle the fine line between being honest (that the owners will not be home until August) and being discreet. After all, I'm not sure I want all of Boston proper to know that the owners are gone, and this young, inexperienced and often careless student is now a temporary resident...
...ambitious politician, a crisis can also be an opportunity. Cast in the sympathetic role of a reformer, Kemp could ride the current wave of unsolicited attention into a bright political future. Though he has appointed , a deputy to ride herd on the reform effort, it is Kemp who will be judged by the results. And an image of Mr. Clean -- or even better, Mr. Cleanup -- would look fine in 1996, if nimble Jack can pull...
...cotton twill trousers. A fresh-faced young woman walks barefoot on the beach, smartly / turned out in white cotton shorts and a sleeveless blouse. A square-jawed baby boomer clad in a classic linen shirt and cotton pants gazes serenely along a shoreline as if he is planning a bright future...