Word: glimmering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Richard Mulligan is the only glimmer of brightness in the mawkishness. He plays a harmless loony accidentally recruited as an emergency substitute teacher. Mulligan is the only person ever shown as teaching, albeit in the unusual format of dressing up as Lincoln, Washington, and Custer. He is the only actor who invests his part with the gentleness that great teachers possess. But Mulligan's work is wasted. No actor can really shine in a role that is essentially a bad joke. Yes, you guessed it: "You have to be crazy to teach...
...insurmountable, and in that respect Mondale's performance may have been to no avail. But, to paraphrase his own words, it is better to lose a campaign based on the issues of compassion and fairness rather than win one by appealing to self-interest. And now, there's a glimmer of hope that Mondale could even win on the right way-or, at least, swing a few congressional seats in trying...
Diplomatic activity in the region has been hectic. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, for example, has conferred with the leaders of nonaligned countries about a peace initiative. "There is a glimmer of hope," said an Arab official last week. "For the first time the Iranians seem willing to entertain conversation about a settlement...
...night drugstores and supermarkets are becoming more commonplace in the U.S. these days. Another kind of commerce may also have a nocturnal glimmer: stock trading. Last week officials of both the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange said they were taking the first look at the possibility of expanding trading hours beyond the current 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., which have prevailed for a decade...
...baseball as a business, except to detail the contract feuds between Cobb and Tiger owner Frank Navin. He portrays Cobb as an ugly racist, but doesn't ever explore what Cobb thought about the desegregation of the game after he retired. Answering these questions might have provided an interesting glimmer of insight into American pop culture during the years Cobb lived, 1886 to 1961. As it is, Alexander offers a penetrating psychobiology of one of the greatest American sportsmen of the century. It's a lot of fun for the fanatics, but probably a bit tiresome for those who wanted...