Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...irate. He accused the League of having "buckled under to White House pressure." He asked: "What made anything sacred or sacrosanct about 15%?" He noted a Los Angeles Times poll placing his support at 16% and declared: "I am going to appeal to the court of public opinion to express the outrage I feel." While Reagan suggested that Carter might have to "examine his conscience" in bypassing Anderson, the Independent said bitingly: "While I appreciate Mr. Reagan's solicitude, I would not, after what I have observed in the campaign to date, leave much to Mr. Carter...
...larger cable TV companies have already teamed up with major corporations in order to get the huge capital outlays necessary to bring in new subscribers and to develop programming for television. Time Inc., the second largest cable TV operator, acquired American Television and Communications Corp. in 1978; and American Express Co. last year bought a 50% interest in Warner Communications' cable TV division, which is the fifth largest cable TV company. Explains Teleprompter Chairman Jack Kent Cooke: "Cable TV is into the big money era. Without a very rich grandfather, you can't keep...
...contorted body allows the actor few gestures. Buried under pounds of make-up, Hurt is denied the use of the movie actor's most valuable tool: his face. He can barely nod and shake his head: His drooping mouth hardly moves when he talks: The only way he can express emotion with his face is by blinking. Thus Hurt must make maximum use of his extraordinary voice, giving the performance of a unique theatricality. Hurt's quivering questions, agonized screams, trembling thank-yous, and choked compliments define his character...
...Musical Express (for subscription information write to NME By Post, c/o Jim Watts, Room 2613, Kings Reach Tower, Stamford St., London, England SEI 9LS.) Easily the most interesting, entertaining and informative music publication in existence. You'll have to get used to having some of your favorite American artists trashed unmercifully, but NME will certainly keep you posted on the English and underground American music world...
...George F. Baer achieved American duncehood during the Pennsylvania coal strike of 1902, when a resident of Wilkes-Barre wrote to him, as chief spokesman for the mine owners, to express anxiety at the ravages of the strike. Baer decided to explain himself. In a letter that was later widely circulated, especially among the United Mine Workers, he reassured his correspondent that some people were placed on earth to manage and others to serve, and that was the divine order of things. Said Baer: "The rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared...