Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CEMETERY CLUB. This Broadway comedy about three Jewish widows who meet every month to visit their husbands' graves is sentimental and sometimes dumb, but also sweet, funny and superbly played by Eileen Heckart as a would-be vamp and Elizabeth Franz as a proper lady seeking a new life...
...issue isn't more or less government," New Jersey Governor James Florio says tersely. "It's dumb vs. smart government." Barely into his sixth month in office, Democrat Florio has been giving lessons to politicians across the country -- and in Washington -- not only about smart government but also about leadership. Using populist rhetoric and unconventional straight talk and tireless stumping for his programs, Florio, 52, has launched the largest barrage of government initiatives in the Garden State since Woodrow Wilson sat in Trenton from 1911 to 1913. More important, he has set out to demonstrate that voters' "common sense...
...halls, he explained his position again and again. "A lot of politicians are just plain lazy," he says in the midst of another chaotic day. "They just don't want to make the case, and so they end up pandering to special interests. To underestimate the people is extremely dumb...
...When the company's stock sank in early 1987, British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell launched a hostile takeover bid. In a long and bitter fight, Jovanovich prevailed by recapitalizing HBJ with nearly $3 billion in debt, a large chunk of it in junk bonds. Maxwell, who called Jovanovich "a dumb Croat coal miner" who "killed" the company, has offered to buy some assets. "Maxwell is twisting the knife, and I think it really hurts Bill," says one HBJ insider...
...Neuvillette, Krochuk turns a potentially defeating role--that of an inarticulate lover--into a triumph. In a moment of revelation, shortly before his death in battle, de Neuvillette courageously declares that Roxane really loves Cyrano. Krochuk has, throughout the play, convincingly played the lover struck dumb. But his character's powerful realization allows Krochuk to command the stage in a way he could not before...