Word: entertainment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though GE was pleased by the decision, it seems in no rush to exploit the bug commercially. Ronald Brooks, head of the GE environmental unit where Chakrabarty did his work, says that the company would entertain licensing agreements with those who want to develop the oil eater. But he adds that GE does not see a market big enough for it to become directly involved...
...seems clear that Robert Redford has decided to place his talents and his star's clout more or less in the service of ideals he believes in. Though he is happy to entertain an audience, it had better be in the context of a story containing a liberal, humane moral. Somehow his roles -whether as investigative reporter or up-the-organization cowboy-suit him in his maturity, as they do not most other leading men, about whom the sweet odors of Bel Air and Rodeo Drive cling. There is something of the authentic knothead about Redford...
Film makers must edify as well as entertain...
...nobody seems to explain about having a baby is what happens to the mother immediately afterward. Cole is particularly good in her description of the upheaval: the physical exhaustion, bodily ruin, wetness, bewilderment, depression. "Conserve power," she advises. "Don't plan on dinner for twenty. Don't entertain too many relatives that are a drain on you. Don't - as I did - fly out to Santa Barbara for a week . . . Don't try to prove that having a baby isn't going to make a difference in your life," she warns...
...show business," the 20-year veteran of sports talk said by phone yesterday. "I'm there to entertain and amuse you. None of the callers really bother me--I get a kick out of all of them. If they bothered me, I wouldn...