Word: bulls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...realize that almost all of us, myself included, have little or nothing intelligent to say about important issues. But I never learn my lesson. I attend student panel discussion, engage late night bull satins and write obnoxious editorial. Last weekend, I had a typical conversation with a bright-eyed bushy-tailed pre-frosh who wanted to learn about the political scene of Harvard. I asked about his political views...
...complaints begin with the chaos that has sent global stock and bond prices reeling in recent weeks, knocking nearly 10% off the Dow Jones industrial average since its peak on Jan. 31 and placing the future of Wall Street's three-year-old bull run in serious doubt. But beneath the immediate outcry lies a more fundamental criticism of the way Greenspan has tried to keep his balance between several constituencies. According to this line of attack, Greenspan, who fiercely resisted White House pressure for lower interest rates during the Bush Administration, has sought to make an ally of Clinton...
...Robbins fans should wait on his next work lest they be disenchanted with him in "Proxy." Like Robbins' early works, the early scenes of this film are gems, but not reason enough to try this one out. Stay home and rent "Bull Durham" if you want to see Robbins do stupid...
...about not letting street sarcasm get you down. A stream of abuse is the musical accompaniment to the choreography of manhood in motion. The high testosterone content may not be all bad. "I do like the boys' rituals of sports," says Ron Shelton, writer- director of the smartly rueful Bull Durham and the zesty White Men Can't Jump. "I like the notion of boys playing games, men playing boys' games...
...reprieve in the late '70s when the first Rocky scored a double K.O. (Oscar, box office) and its sequels earned huge purses worldwide. Audiences also embraced movies about baseball (the Bad News Bears series) and football (Semi-Tough, North Dallas Forty). In the late '80s baseball surged again with Bull Durham, Major League and Field of Dreams, and in 1992 A League of Their Own topped $100 million at the North American wickets. Since then, White Men Can't Jump has grossed $72 million, and lower- budget Disney films also broke through -- the first Mighty Ducks made $51 million...