Word: hopelessly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pentagon told Congress Tuesday that at least 567 of the 2,170 MIA cases still on the books from the Vietnam War should be considered hopeless. Though the Defense Department has previously acknowledged that some cases can never be resolved, this is the first time a specific number has emerged. The finding "will no doubt fan the flames of conspiracy theories embraced by a fervent minority that seeks to keep the MIA issue alive," says TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompson. "We should bear in mind, however, that there are many more people unaccounted for from the Korean War and World...
...this, and his hard, gleaming performance as Strachey--a physically frail, morally strong man who never asks for sympathy but somehow elicits it--almost redeems the film. Thompson, however, keeps undoing it. Hers is a commonsensical presence, and try as she may, she cannot catch the fever of hopeless love. Or the suicidal despair to which Carrington eventually came. You want her--and the movie--to rattle the teacups with rage. But they never...
...probably because he's been up--once by common teeny-bopper consent the sexiest dude on the planet--and he's been down--recently by common show-biz consent a marginal player, working in hopeless enterprises like Moment to Moment and Perfect, not to mention projects headed straight to video (The Tender)--and really doesn't see much difference between the two. Even when he had a hit like Look Who's Talking, it was an object of contempt in all the better circles. And along the way, he managed to turn down eventual winners like Arthur, Splash...
Bill Bradley, in announcing that he will retire from the Senate at the end of next year [CAMPAIGN '96, Aug. 28], said he was tired of working in a political system that was broken. That statement is despicable. The New Jersey Senator's hopeless pessimism is a slam-dunk in the faces of his constituency. ALFRED ("SONNY") PICCOLI Bloomfield, New Jersey...
...immediacy of Ax's playing extended into the stirring second movement, an Andante in contrast to traditional symphonic and concerto structures. Here Previn could have added some bite to the strings' releases in keeping with Ax's sharp interpretation. Hopeless romantics might have demanded more time in the springlike second section (especially in the chorale-like slow passage reminiscent of Brahms' First Symphony), but Previn joined Ax in propelling the piece forward...