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...that as it may, the movie, which Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) eventually decided to direct himself, starts out in a low, ingratiating gear. It looks like a "buddy romp," as Geena Davis, who plays Thelma, puts it. Thelma is married to a carpet salesman named Darryl, who represents everything stupid and stupefying about traditional masculinity, keeping Thelma in a state of near childish dependency. Her best pal, Louise (Susan Sarandon), lives with an oft traveling musician named Jimmy, who is nice enough but suffers from the other great modern male defect -- a maddening inability to make permanent commitments. Both women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gender Bender Over Thelma & Louise | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...sensitive to cyclical swings in business activity are hard pressed to notice any improvements yet. The hotel business has suffered deeply as such corporate giants as IBM and AT&T have slashed their travel budgets to hold down costs. "Our company logo ought to be SURVIVE TILL '95," says Darryl Hartley-Leonard, president of the Hyatt chain. "We cannot assume that this is just the typical business cycle of an American recession. In my 27 years in the business, I've never seen anything like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Crawling Out Of the Slump | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

...never felt that war was as important as the Fed or financial markets," says Jerry Jasinowski, president of the National Association of Manufacturers. But the attitudes of individual buyers determine the shape of America's consumer economy, and they still seem tied to the war's progress. Darryl Hartley-Leonard, president of Hyatt Hotels, figures that "if the war were to end in April, there would be such euphoria that it would kick us right out of this recession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pointing Toward Prosperity | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...would fit in great with Darryl on the Dodgers," Los Angeles manger Tommy Lasorda says. "His head ain't screwed on too tight...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Why Ask Why | 1/25/1991 | See Source »

...life. A player whose ball has hit another ball is considered "dead" on that ball. He cannot hit it again unless he passes through a wicket. This can leave a player cooling his heels on the sidelines for a half an hour while his opponent hits through. Darryl Zanuck, one of old Hollywood's croquet fanatics, who included Harpo Marx, Samuel Goldwyn and Louis Jourdan, described the predicament: "When you're three-ball dead, you're just a useless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Windsor, California Such Splendor On the Grass | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

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