Word: bustingly
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...intelligent scripting, inspired acting, and professional directing comprise a good super-hero film, then "Supergirl" is by far the worst of the four Super films. But if you feel, as most of Hollywood seems to, that stupidity, capriciousness, and a big bust are the prerequisite of being a female hero, Supergirl supererogates even the execrable standard set by Linda Carter's Wonder Woman. And that's a pretty big suit to fill...
...that made headlines earlier this fall when Swedish and U.S. Customs intercepted a shipment of Digital VAX computers bound originally for West Germany but headed instead to a destination in the Soviet Bloc. VAX computers have potential military applications, according to the Defense Department. As a result of the bust, a part of the Custom Service's counter-intelligence Operation EXODUS, Digital lost its general export license for several months. Without a general license, the company was forced to apply to the Commerce Department for special permission every time it wanted to ship a computer out of the country...
...Palmer's arrival in Paris bears an embarrassing resemblance to three or four well-known television sitcoms. But Paris allows him to hit his stride, and move the movie along at a comfortably fast clip. The script by Jim Kouf and Jeff Greenwalt would not, by itself, bust any guts, but then again, with Conti on their side it does not have...
Geraldine Ferraro noted there had been more small-business closings than at any other time since the Depression, conveniently forgetting that 600,000 new businesses were started last year, a record, and when we get that many boomers there always are those who go bust. George Bush worked it around to blame Mondale for the Soviet walkout from the arms talks, suggesting that they were hoping Mondale would be elected and be a pushover at the negotiating table. That is a stretch of the imagination that should be in the Guinness Book of World Records...
...during his 18 days on the witness stand, the impact of his accusations was dissipated by several disclosures: that he had erased some audiotapes that may have contained conversations with De Lorean; that he at one point asked for a cut of any proceeds from the De Lorean drug bust; and that months before the Government began its sting operation in earnest, Hoffman allegedly told a federal agent, "I'm going to get John De Lorean for you guys...