Word: finer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Professor Yale Kamisar. "Brennan on the left and Rehnquist on the right. But nobody had the votes." As a result, the legacy of the Burger Court, insofar as it makes sense to speak of a Burger Court, lies mainly in the details. "It met the hard cases, decided the finer points and didn't push things along any further," says University of Texas Law Professor Scot Powe. For an era of rapid and thus often heated social change, that amounts to a respectable epitaph...
...Jets all over again; this time the weapons are not switchblades but attitude. Andie (Molly Ringwald) is a "poor girl" pursued by a freaky-geeky boy pal, whose devotion drives her bats, and in love with a rich boy who may not be strong enough to declare his finer feelings and risk his friends' derision. So who comforts Andie? Why, her dear dilapidated dad. He's no Judge Hardy, but he can be counted on to give sympathy and take pity. And yes, love will find Andie Walsh, at the senior prom of her dreams...
Playing Obi-Wan to Lambert's Skywalker is Sean Connery as the immortal Ramirez who instructs Lambert on the finer points of how immortals should fight and generally conduct themselves in a hostile world. Connery is disappointing in this role. His usually imposing suave control is dampened by the Spanish effeteness of his character. Lambert in his Manhattan scenes is actually cooler than Connery...
...college yesterday decided to recommend loosening some of the finer points of its new, stricter alcohol policy in response to recent student complaints about "deteriorating" house morale and a drain on house funds...
...example, do not work with long strands of linguine or spaghetti because it should be possible to pick up with a fork the solids in the sauce as well as the pasta. Big chunks of vegetables and meat are far better with the little ears (orecchiette) or penne. Finer ingredients, such as peas and minced prosciutto in a creamy sauce, are more suitable to delicate pastas that are twirled. That twirling is no longer done in Italy with fork against spoon but rather with fork against plate...