Word: career
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this day and age, career loyalty, such as that shown by Knox, Sutherland, Cummings and Makris, is rarely found among young people. With the present high-turnover rate of most retail store employees, it is unlikely that fifty years from now, women such as these four will have worked at a department store for such a breadth of time. In the meantime, Sutherland, Cummings and Makris have no plans for retirement...
After a long jumper by Gilly, Collins (career-high 22 points on 10 of 13 shooting in 22 minutes) and James (17 points in 24 minutes) each erupted for their own six-point runs, with a Collins basket giving the Crimson its first lead, 18-16, at the 9:01 mark...
...Steven Spielberg has flown to the dark side of E.T.: in Empire of the Sun a boy goes to war, and nearly goes mad. Even the comedies are cynical. The Secret of My Success got Michael J. Fox into bed with his uncle's wife to help advance his career. The Witches of Eastwick sent Satan to defeat at the caressing hands of three ravishing feminists. This week's predictable hit, Throw Momma from the Train, is a jolly farce about matricide...
...because they couldn't program Wednesday nights," to the three principals. Actor-Auteur Albert Brooks (who cast Jim Brooks -- no relation -- in his own second film, Modern Romance) is the all-time appealing schlemiel, notably in a laugh-nightmare when he anchors the network news and sweats his career down the tubes. (Says one appalled technician: "This is more than Nixon ever sweated.") Hurt is neat too, never standing safely outside his character, always allowing Tom to find the humor in his too-rapid success, locating a dimness behind his eyes when Tom is asked a tough question...
...Brokaw it was the biggest week of his career. Along with Peter Jennings, his rival anchor over at ABC, and Public Television's MacNeil-Lehrer, Brokaw epitomizes a welcome trend in television newscasting -- urbane, intelligent and low-keyed...