Word: let
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Olmos pauses to let the laughter die down. His jive, cajoling pep talk has begun to win the men over, but more important, he has convinced them that he really cares. The impression is no public relations put-on. Deeply committed to helping the down-and-out, Olmos for the past ten years has taken his rap to hospitals, schools, Indian reservations, detention centers, libraries and veterans hospitals across the country. "It's addictive," he explains. "A few hours of energy come back in waves for years. It's a wonderful feeling to make people forget about themselves...
...thing that is probable is that Coleman, like Luckinbill, will not accept another homosexual role. Though he is proud to have been in The Boys in the Band, Luckinbill ruefully admits that afterward most of the cast did their best to set people straight -- and to let everyone know that they were. Says he: "We straight guys spent a lot of time being photographed with cigars in our mouths with our dogs, wives and children...
...atmospheric process that many scientists believe has gone awry -- perhaps irreversibly. Without the greenhouse effect, life on earth would be a nightmare of subzero temperatures. Instead, naturally produced CO2 and other gases, mainly from plant and animal life, behave in the atmosphere like the glass in a greenhouse: they let the visible warming rays of the sun in but inhibit the escape of infrared rays back into space...
...long lines of lunacy. The director is also rather distracted; John Landis seems to be browsing through the scenes rather than gobbling them down. As a result, a cast of excellent black actors -- about whom Murphy in his role as producer has been making justifiably proud noises -- is rather let down. John Amos as the upwardly mobile hamburger mogul and James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair as Zamunda's reigning monarchs are all obviously eager to cut loose, yet have almost no opportunities...
...seemed that he would accept his loss and merely try to contribute to the debate within the party. Then he switched, suddenly seeming to set his sights on being nominated to the vice presidency. Saying that he had no ranch, no ski-lodge, no oil company to run, Jackson let it be known that the vice presidency was hardly something he would categorically dismiss...