Word: director
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dropped in 20 times, charming the ladies at every stop. He has also pointed out to the legislature that charges in the Manchester Union Leader about his sex life and drinking habits were "beneath contempt." Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker speechified at a Republican banquet in Concord. Former CIA Director George Bush preceded, and followed, all three. Connecticut Senator Lowell Weicker is planning a foray. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan, fearful of not winning big enough if he does come in, is petrified that he will not be nominated at all if he stays out. And up in Durham, waiting...
...Carters' business records and the N.B.G.'s loan accounts to see if any illegal activity was involved in handling loans of more than $4.6 million to the Carter business. The loans were arranged by then N.B.G. President Bert Lance, the close friend whom Jimmy Carter later made Director of the Office of Management and Budget in Washington. One question was whether any of the funds had been used illegally in Jimmy Carter's campaign for the presidency. So far, no evidence has turned up that any money from the loans found its way into Carter...
Douglas sneaks a reel of pictures. But by the time the newshawks get back to the station, the utility's p.r. man has persuaded the news director that nothing really happened. Douglas, a hot-tempered liberaloid activist, smells a conspiracy; Fonda, a careerist, doesn't much care. She's just another pretty face introducing the human-interest stuff. But Douglas persists, the company steps up its villainy, and slowly Fonda's conscience and consciousness begin to stir...
...that may sound improbably melodramatic, but it plays just fine. The credit belongs in part to Director Bridges for his sure handling of the action and in part to a script that makes us really care for Fonda and Lemmon. It seems almost superfluous to praise Fonda anew, but she is truly at the peak of her talent these days. Nobody has done a better characterization of the vacuity of the TV news "personality" −the little moments of makeup-mirror vanity snatched against deadline pressure, the falseness of on-camera performances that must never really look like performances...
...take any kind of national security case to court without spilling secrets at a fair and public trial? The answer has often been that it cannot. But last week the Government was back trying in two cases, one involving the Progressive magazine, and the other former FBI Acting Director L. Patrick Gray III. Both cases illustrate the difficulty of keeping secrets in an open society...