Word: devito
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...premise of Ruthless People should be enough warning. Sam Stone, the short fat "Spandex miniskirt king" (Danny DeVito) plots with his nymphomaniac red-headed mistress to murder his wife. But when Stone gets home with the chloroform, he discovers his wife has been kidnapped. This makes him happy--all he has to do is ignore the abducter's ultimatum: $500,000 or a dead wife. Right...
...this, you will no doubt be able to understand why Joan Wilder, romance author extraordinaire, would want to help our hapless holy man escape from Omar's clutches, and walk all the way across the desert and up several steep cliffs just so she, Al, Jack and Ralph (Danny DeVito), whom they've managed to pick up somewhere along the way, can crash Omar's laser show and present the real jewel to his adoring public...
...Devito said, officals "have not ruled out" a variety of possibilities, including water damage and aging wiring...
Harvard's Devito said the buildings affected included: the Faculty Club; the Union Dorms; the Freshman Union; Widener, Lamont, and Houghton Libraries; Claverly Hall, Dudley House's Apley Court; Stillman Infirmary; the Kennedy School of Government; Kresge Dining Hall at the Business School; and parts of Kirkland, Leverett, Lowell, Mather, Quincy and Winthrop Houses...
...Devito said eight maintenance employees worked to patch together lines to restore power to the affected buildings. He said all the blacked-out buildings were linked to one of the three main lines serving the University, and that the repair crew began work late last night to find and fix the exact trouble point...