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Muriel Pritchett (Geena Davis), who insinuates herself into Macon's life by becoming Edward's trainer, does wonders for both of them. Doggy learns to heel, master learns to lighten up. Or so we are supposed to believe, though it is very hard to tell the difference between William Hurt sad and William Hurt happy, so monotonous is his performance of a monosyllabic role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dog-Eared Doings THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...tough in Ireland, but U2 music is produced for maximum movingness effect that is achieved through lots of driving thumping beats, plenty of references to a hopeless, endless search (for sincerity, it seems), and ripping guitar riffs interspersed at the right moments. One is tempted to suggest that Bono lighten up and smile for a change of scenery. If Bono could invent a barometric measure of intensity, he probably would expect that his howls and grimaces would register 100 percent pressure...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Where's Rock's Sincerity? | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...spontaneity of a Dale Carnegie student practicing before the mirror. Asked why he did not appear more "likable," Dukakis felt compelled to launch into a petty aside disputing Bush's earlier attacks on his stewardship of Massachusetts' pension funds. Finally, as if he heard his handlers screaming, "Lighten up, Mike!" Dukakis claimed, "I think I'm a little more lovable these days than I used to be back in my youth." But he quickly added, "I'm also a serious guy. I think the presidency of the United States is a very serious office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Scores A Warm Win | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...Lighten up, everybody. This election is well within the normal range of modern American presidential contests -- which is to say, it is fairly ^ earnest, notably clean and even informative, if you know what to look for. A glance at the record dispels the notion that this election is peculiarly dirty or dishonest. Only eight years ago, the election was marred by loose, guilt- by-association swipes involving the Ku Klux Klan. The farther back you look, the worse it gets. In the Democratic-Republican propaganda of 1800, the Federalists were alleged to be cryptoroyalists and Anglomaniacs; the Federalists, in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Lighten Up, This Campaign Isn't So Bad | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...going to lighten up," the Republican presidential nominee said while campaigning in Missouri. "No votes can be taken for granted and I'm not taking any votes for granted. I will continue to campaign as an underdog...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Lashes Out at Bush | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

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