Word: hovers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such moments, all these people sound suspiciously like DeLillo, 51, whose career has been nourished by the public disillusionment and skepticism that began to spread after the nightmare of 1963. His eight previous novels, beginning with Americana (1971), hover devotedly over repeated themes: events are never what they seem; there may be no such thing as randomness; secrets and mysteries control our lives...
...chairman, Bentsen sent a letter to lobbyists and political-action committees, establishing a breakfast club. For a $10,000 fee, a lobbyist could have ham and eggs monthly with the Senator. Bentsen was just one of many Senators offering access for money in one of the many variations that hover this side of illegality. But the baldness of the approach and the fact that he had no real re-election challenge that required raising the money caused the Eggs McBentsen affair to unleash a storm of criticism. Bentsen quickly disbanded the club, called the mistake a "doozy," and returned...
...Minneapolis hide devastated home lawns and gardens. Out West, dry-weather weeds have sprung up in the draws of prairie pastures, adding deceptive color. All through the Midwest are fields of wheat, corn and soybeans that took root much earlier on slight rains, then simply stopped developing. They hover now between life and death, still handsome to the casual observer. A delegation of Senators and Congressmen whirled across the area in helicopters, minced around in their city shoes looking at the drought wreckage, but sometimes were not impressed. When one of them spied a wheat field he thought looked pretty...
Ever since VCRs began to catch on, industry gurus have predicted an explosion of fare specially made for the home-video market. The explosion has arrived, in quantity if not in quality. No one knows how many nonmovie tapes have been released, but estimates hover between 7,000 and 10,000. A few genres -- notably exercise tapes, children's cassettes and rock-concert videos -- have established a niche in the market. But the rest are fighting for a relatively tiny number of viewers. Usually produced on a shoestring, these made-for-home-video cassettes are doing well if they sell...
...bring contentment: an American (Philip Casnoff) who has reached ! the world chess finals; his Soviet counterpart (David Carroll); and the American's adviser and erstwhile bedmate (Judy Kuhn), who falls in love with the Soviet. Theirs is not a charming Ninotchka-style romance: the CIA and the KGB hover on the periphery, exploiting the players and the game. Offsetting the gloom are a clear narrative drive, Nunn's trademark cinematic staging, three superb leading performances by actors willing to be complex and unlikable and one of the best rock scores ever produced in the theater. This is an angry, difficult...