Word: hyperthyroid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little known is the general opinion that if N.F.L. computers were programmed to construct the ideal quarterback, they would spit out Kenny Anderson. He is strong, quick (4.8 sec. over 40 yds.), with outstanding peripheral vision and, at 6 ft. 3 in., tall enough to throw over the modern hyperthyroid lineman. Unlike other strong-armed quarterbacks, the Jets' Richard Todd, for instance, Anderson throws passes that are mysteriously hard to drop. They float down so softly, and with so little spin, says former Bengal Wide Receiver Chip Myers, "I was able to pick out the laces on the ball...
...eight prizewinning years, Nova proved that straight science can sell. Result: the program has been crowded out of its regular Tuesday night slot by a host of imitators, including Walter Cronkite's irregularly scheduled Universe and Bob Guccione's hyperthyroid Omni...
...final hour--to the abysmal--particularly in his first few scenes with the prosecutors. At times Ciello's self-acknowledged betrayal of his friends seems to be wearing him down to a single, raw and exposed nerve. Yet other times, Williams' posturing makes Ciello look ludicrous, like some hyperthyroid hampster racing his exercise wheel to no apparent result. A brilliant performance in the role of Danny might have clarified some of the mysteries about his motivations; a disastrous portrayal would make the film unwatchable. Williams strolls that spacious middle ground between epiphany and catastrophe...
AMID THE death motorcycles, the cross-bow slayings, the killer umbrellas and helicopter spearings in this, the latest chronicle of Her Majesty's most potent secret agent, there is a strange poignancy. Bond films have been appearing regularly for about two decades now, and almost because of the hyperthyroid nature of the adventures, they have increasingly begun to seem like parodies--gimpy versions of the real thing. Roger Moore, the man with the cement face, is getting on in years; and the idea that his homeland, leading candidate as successor to Turkey as the sick man of Europe, could muster...
PERHAPS, ALSO, THE Reagan plan will also set off a round of consumer spending that will do nothing but increase inflationary pressures--a sort of hyperthyroid version of the Reagan inaugural bash. One group guaranteed better times ahead under the Reagan years are the defense contractors, who will, as they did in the 1960s, absorb absurdly wasteful amounts of money. In return for this windfall, the nation will receive little: no great number of jobs because defense spending is a notoriously ineffecient way to create employment; no economic benefit because defense spending is non-productive and inflationary; and no peace...