Word: development
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would touch with a ten-foot wand. Which is precisely why he went for it. "The Color Purple is the biggest challenge of my career," he proclaims. "When I read it I loved it; I cried and cried at the end. But I didn't think I would ever develop it as a project. Finally I said, I've got to do this for me. I want to make something that might not be everybody's favorite but, this year at least, is my favorite. The Color Purple is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet...
...gaps to be closed between now and November. The Geneva negotiations on nuclear and space arms are due to recess next week with no sign of any progress. Gorbachev has publicly threatened to pull out of the arms talks unless the U.S. gives up its attempt to develop a space-based antiweapons system, known as Star Wars, or the Strategic Defense Initiative. Soviet Spokesman Vladimir Lomeiko last week indicated that Gorbachev will directly press his opposition to SDI with Reagan...
Romanov has been the subject of a growing rumor campaign in Moscow. Stories were told with increasing openness about his supposed arrogance, ostentation and hard drinking. Such traits are sharply at variance with the image that Gorbachev is trying to develop as a reformer with a popular, man-in-the- factory style and as a campaigner against alcoholism. Says a Soviet academic: "Romanov had himself driven around Leningrad in an eight-car motorcade, disrupting traffic and annoying people...
...steady diet of cops and robber and minor catastrophes, the public instead of edification during the news hour. Fed a healthier diet, low in drama and sensationalism, the average viewer could develop more refined taste...
...influx of population has encouraged suppliers to develop products for these people," says Karen Brown of the Food Marketing Institute, a supermarket trade association. "Their presence has enlivened interest in the various cooking styles. We have a number of retailers who offer cooking classes as part of their services." One of them is the Giant Food stores of Washington, where international chefs demonstrate their specialties. At a recent F.M.I. exhibition in Chicago, many foods prepared for supermarket delicatessen cases were on display, including Oriental chicken salad and Cha- Zah!, a brand of frozen egg roll. Says William Loutit...