Word: garner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Andy Griffith's No Time for Sergeants (1958). In fact, Stripes could have been edited down to suit any 1940's or 1950's audiences with very little effort. The two scenes of nudity are utterly superfluous to the plot and were no doubt included simply to garner the R-rating needed to be an "adult comedy," as are Murray's throw-away gag lines about kinky...
...wonder about the benefit of high interest rates. Admittedly, we can place our money in ready asset accounts and garner more interest. Meanwhile, we cannot afford to purchase a home because of the 16.5% prevailing mortgage rate...
...among aging stars; flashy because, besides singing and dancing, she trades in high-gloss show-biz bitchery that sometimes approaches the level of All About Eve; riveting because she shows a touching vulnerability about her professional and personal insecurities (she is torching for her ex-husband, played by James Garner). Bacall may or may not be playing Bacall, but who cares? She is obviously a very knowing lady, and there is at least an illusion of depth about the movie as a whole because there is an honest depth in her performance...
Following Schulman's example. Meg Meyer also succumbed in the first set, 6-4, in the fifth slot. Afterwards, however, opponent Trisha Stone could only garner two games, leading to a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 triumph for Meyer...
They hope to garner the money needed to meet tax payments and other immediate expenses by soliciting alumni. In addition, they are planning a capital fund drive to pay off some of the larger debts. The only hitch Pudding officials have encountered so far is University jealousy--Harvard does not want competition with its own capital campaign...