Word: hatchet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MAYBE RYDER SHOULD have done some of his hatchet work on the script. A film of this dubious caliber should not try to hold an audience's attention for longer than an hour-and-a-half. So there's about an extra half hour of wandering around in the desert, getting chased by hick cops who all look the same, or watching Hauer do his imitation of The Thing That Wouldn't Die in Hitcher. Some editing could have been done, perhaps enough to make this an MTV video...
...Staff Donald Regan was behind the ousting. His dislike of Iacocca stems from the controversies over Chrysler's billion-dollar bailout when Regan was Secretary of the Treasury. But the White House stoutly denied any involvement in Hodel's decision, and the Secretary agreed that he had swung the hatchet without help. When Regan learned about Hodel's decision, he said simply, "Fine, it's his call...
...FACULTY north of the Yard, left and right A hatchet to bury--let's end the long fight. For others, including those battling apartheid Keep up the good fight; you know we're on your side. Our dining hall workers, and all Harvard crew: A well-deserved respite we wish unto you. May more bubbly flow for the Sackler folks, And let's put an end to the stupid bridge jokes. A break for a change goes to tenants embattled With HRE's plans may you no longer be saddled...
SCHLOCK IS A MISUNDERSTOOD art, especially in the hands of Mordecai Richler, Montreal novelist and author of the screenplay for the new film, Joshua Then and Now. After the following hatchet job, I daresay you'll agree...
...degree from Harvard and a stint as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. According to Terry Hartle, education specialist for the American Enterprise Institute, when Bennett's posting was announced, it was "greeted with a sigh of relief by the educational community, who feared a hatchet man might be appointed." But the community soon learned that relief would not be spelled...