Word: chew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nearly all advice reaching Reagan filters through the troika: an issue may be discussed in a Cabinet meeting, but the President nearly always will chew it over privately with the three before deciding. And then he normally will communicate his choice by asserting, at a morning meeting with the three: "I've been thinking about this, and I've decided we ought to do it this...
Drink the wine and chew the wafer...
Each of the actresses presents her character in an individual style impeccably suited to that character's function. Daphne de Marneffe gives Polly Peachum just enough soiled innocence. With a simple shrug, de Marneffe gives over Polly Peachum for the spectator to study, to chew up and to spit right back. Martha Hackett gives the strongest female presence of the production Artfully establishing the distance between herself, the character, and the audience, Hackett states clearly that most human conflict between fantasy and reality, between love and money. Her husky voice capturing the harsh sweetness of Weill's music evokes...
When Ted Turner launched his Cable News Network last year, broadcasting insiders condescendingly predicted that the "Mouth of the South" had finally bitten off more than he could chew. They were convinced that American TV viewers, accustomed to half an hour of headline skimming on the networks each evening, would never tune in a 24-hour news channel in sufficient numbers to support Turner's expensive satellite system. Barely a year later, CNN has corralled a potential audience of 8 million, won applause for its live coverage of breaking news, and is on the verge of turning a profit...
...enormous logjam of talented actors out there," Kasdan says, "and precious few of them have good parts to chew on." Body Heat is full of meaty characters and pungent performances-Ted Danson as a tap-dancing prosecutor, J.A. Preston as a dogged detective, and especially Mickey Rourke as a savvy young ex-con who looks and acts as if he could be Ned's sleazier twin brother. Kathleen Turner's Matty mixes come-hither looks with a sultry, baritone voice. This is a creature of fire and ice, with no intermediate shadings of warmth or aloofness. Thanks largely...