Word: florida
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...writer expresses a well-reasoned notion, say, on taxes, fads, modern thought, whatever; thus it would be absurd to say that because the piece presents an arguably humorous tirade, rather than purporting any claim to fact, it should not have been printed. Of course the elderly of South Florida are not literally "baking their brains into blackened rocks;" this is only a graceful turn of phrase...
...Decrying materialism in South Florida is not exactly a great undertaking of social criticism. This may be a problem in some circles, although perhaps not all elderly people are quite so "dried-out," crotchety, and inept at driving as those we find in Mr. Morris's hackneyed portrayal. My own Jewish grandparents, who live in Fort Lauderdale, the very belly of Mr. Morris's beast, are actually quite capable drivers and, strangely enough, have even shown signs of outright altruism and intellect. I hope that their virtues might serve as a counter-example to the underlying theory of Mr. Morris...
...first, says Joe Serio, former Florida director of the American Association of Retired Persons, retirees often oppose fiscal measures needed to deal with Florida's problems. "But," he adds, "after a while they notice the long lines of autos wherever they go and the difference in the quality of the libraries from where they came from...
Many Floridians seem willing to pay for better services, but they share a widespread suspicion that the government is not sufficiently frugal. In a recent study by Florida TaxWatch, a nonprofit taxpayers group based in Tallahassee, the average respondent believed the government wastes a third of every dollar it spends. Says Reed Gidez, 28, who moved to Tampa from New Jersey a year ago: "I would be willing to pay more taxes if state leaders could convince me that they were actually going to do something with the money." For the leaders of the fourth largest state in the nation...
...Paul Newman's The Glass Menagerie. A TV production arm will make 41 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The company's Northfork division will finance five films produced by Robert Redford. In partnership with MCA Inc., which owns 49% of Cineplex Odeon, Drabinsky will help run Universal's proposed Florida theme park. Hollywood, star struck by the 39- year-old whiz kid, is whispering that Drabinsky may succeed Sidney Sheinberg, another tough customer, as president and chief operating officer of MCA. "I'm not saying we don't have run-ins," says Sheinberg, "but it's the pushing and shoving...