Word: classical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Color his face red. Ted Turner's, not Orson Welles'. Despite howls that he was committing artistic blasphemy, the Atlanta television and entertainment entrepreneur has applied tints to such classic films as Casablanca and The | Maltese Falcon. Still trying to squeeze fresh profits out of revered movies, Turner vowed to colorize Citizen Kane, the 1941 epic of which Welles was star, producer, director and co-writer...
...earlier days, Jason T. Winmill may have fit the conception of "the Harvard man." His Oxford shirt displays a school crest, his slacks are creased, his argyle-clad feet are shod in classic loafers...
Gilligan, a feminist scholar who wrote the groundbreaking work, In a Different Voice, said in a recent interview that HUCTW's organizing style, with its emphasis on personal communication and flexibility, is a classic example of women's distinctive approach...
...escalator back to work. Although a routine lunch hour, Baker has a lot to think about on his way to the mezzanine where his office is located. How he breaks two shoelaces in two days, goes to lunch, buys new shoelaces and stops to read the Penguin Classic edition of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations...
...jobs. Last November only six of the 408 House members running for re-election were defeated, and three of the losers had been tarred by very serious ethics problems. Few incumbents lay awake nights worrying about the unemployment line; 88% triumphed with at least 60% of the vote, the classic definition of a safe district. The traditional levers of incumbency, augmented by the largesse of political-action committees, have created this modern version of a rotten-borough system. In the four House elections since 1980, a total of 1,740 seats were at stake, yet only about 30 sitting Congressmen...