Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Claude Lelouch synthesized every foreigner's view of French love with A Man and a Woman, the Paris-to-Deauville erotic express in which the plangent hearts of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimee beat to an inane, unforgettable score. The picture was a worldwide hit, won a couple of Oscars and provided upscale young couples with an excuse to drive fast and twirl rapturously on the beach. Now Lelouch has reunited his stars for A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later. Aimee, whose features have calcified chicly, is a movie producer desperate to make a musical version...
Schwab has persistently criticized fellow Bank-America board members for indecision in cutting staff and closing branches to stem the company's hemorrhage of red ink. In February, Schwab was among the minority who backed an unsuccessful bid by Sanford Weill, the former president of American Express, to infuse the bank with $1 billion in new capital in exchange for the chairmanship. Says Banking Analyst Joseph Arsenio of San Francisco's Birr, Wilson investment house: "Schwab had to be frustrated with the gradualist approach taken by management and the other directors...
...with the company. Yet Shannon, Ireland-based GPA, formerly known as Guinness Peat Aviation, owns one of the world's largest commercial passenger jet fleets. Instead of flying its planes, which will soon number 187, GPA leases them to some 25 airlines, including Pan American, Qantas and People Express. For cash-strapped carriers, renting a Boeing 737, even at $240,000 a month, is often more affordable than spending $28 million...
...some cases, airlines lease planes to other carriers, especially when encountering financial turbulence. Since it announced plans to reorganize last month, People Express has repainted and leased eight of its 737s. Last week Eastern Air Lines canceled its Miami-to-London route and said it may lease the DC-10 that has been idled...
...remains hazy and mired in cliches. These two tunes feature overly generalized and hence pointless lyrics set to often generic synth harmonies. Although Gabriel is capable of invading the mind of a political assassin, as he proved on the earlier "Family Snapshot," he seems absolutely at a loss to express anything interesting in his more amorous pieces. And his attempt at satirizing the pursuit of success, "Big Time," seems strikingly out of place on an album geared to appeal to the intoxicated youth of summer...