Word: colloquys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crowd comes partly to hear Downey's right-wing rantings but mainly to cheer on his bullying tactics, as in this typical recent colloquy. Fringe Presidential Candidate Lyndon LaRouche: "Why don't you shut up?" Downey: "Why don't you shut up? All you're doing is spewing garbage." Porn Star Seka walked off one program in disgust; Downey threw Journalist Rich Taylor off another show during an argument about alleged defects in the Audi 5000. Two weeks ago, Downey was arraigned on an assault charge filed by Gay Activist Andrew Humm, a guest who claims Downey slapped him after...
After the visit, East Wing aides snickered at the black dress with rhinestone belt buckle that Raisa had worn to the late-morning coffee. "A bit cocktailish, don't you think?" one said. White House officials were also miffed that Raisa chose to set up a colloquy with prominent women at the home of Democratic Fund Raiser Pamela Harriman. Among the guests: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, University of Chicago President Hanna Gray, Publisher Katharine Graham and Senators Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum. Nonetheless, by the end of the summit, official patch-up stories were issuing from...
...free. But Writers Stanley Weiser and Lawrence Lasker (WarGames) resist nearly every temptation to truckle, and Director Jonathan Kaplan (Heart Like a Wheel) finds each scene's emotional core while surrounding it with meticulous technique. But the film is Broderick's. A great listener, he can make a colloquy with a chimp seem like the meeting of true souls. This time, he has gone beyond cute, to acute...
...hand to greet him at the top of the steps of the presidential palace was Giscard, who, after a brief handshake, took his successor to his old corner office, overlooking the Elysée's lush gardens. There the two politicians remained closeted for a 45-minute colloquy that symbolized the transfer of presidential power...
...final ovation for Reagan's speech rolled through the great hall, another intriguing colloquy took place above and behind the President. Bush turned to O'Neill and asked with a grin: "Wasn't that wonderful?" Growled the Speaker...