Word: cocoon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even with assistance, leaving the law is harder than it sounds. Well-meaning family and friends may not understand why someone would walk away from a profession that offers status and financial security. And many lawyers may be uncertain about leaving the cocoon of practice. "It's hard to rip the label off and say, 'I'm no longer a lawyer,' " observes Leona Vogt, president of Vogt Associates, a consulting firm for attorneys in Cambridge, Mass...
...long over any moment or mood, and it permits characters to transcend type, offering a more surprising range of response to events. Martin, for example, gets to do distraction as well as obsession, and Robards is allowed sentiment as well as cynicism. Because Ron Howard, who was responsible for Cocoon, has a talent for ensemble hubbub, there may be more good, solid performances in this unlikely context than in any other movie this year...
...That's nonsense. I throw the challenge to them: if you think it is false, go out and do what I did. Go beyond the cocoon of your apartment and taxicab and take a look. Take notes. Then let's compare notes. I'll bet your picture of New York is not very different from mine...
...record box-office gross in 1982 -- and & sales of the candy leaped 66% in three months -- film pitches have become a bustling field. Ray-Ban sent 500 pairs of sunglasses to director Oliver Stone for his new feature, Born on the 4th of July. A scene in Cocoon: The Return was reshot so that Quaker Instant Oatmeal could be displayed more prominently. Companies are now lined up around the block trying to get their backhoes, champagne, reclining chairs and running shoes into the movies...
...Democrat said the race was "tightening up all over the country." And he said that Bush, leading in the polls with 11 days to go, was hiding "in his little cocoon," with advisers afraid to let him engage in news programs' give-and-take while Dukakis has been appearing on many such programs...