Word: magic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MAGIC RESEMBLES A bad magician's act -- the skilled hands at work simply lack the ability to generate suspense or even to entertain. Part of the blame for this less-than-thrilling thriller lies with the ponderous pace of Richard Attenborough's direction, the same touch that made his A Bridge Too Far an hour too long. Nor is there much life in William Goldman's script, which uncomfortably straddles the genres of mystery and psycho-drama. The familiar theme of the mad ventriloquist and his not-so-dumb dummy can still invoke shudders, but the filmakers' failure to find...
...says Whitman. Yet she believes that corporate moneymen will rush to buy dollars as soon as they become convinced that the U.S will stick to a clear-cut economic policy. In Whitman's view, the Administration's dollar-revival plan consists of one Band-Aid and one magic bullet. The move to big intervention-selling gold, buying dollars-will barely patch a scratch. But the shift to tighter money, she believes, will be the real cure for the dollar's debilities. The trouble is, the early side effects will be bad: higher interest rates, which lead...
...magic," said the agent. "You're me all over...
...Last week Israelis and Egyptians, despite their outside spats, were expected to keep working in Blair House amid the Hepplewhite furniture, the Stuart oils and the busts of Franklin, Jefferson and Washington. The veritable crush of American heritage still seems to have some of the old magic...
...perky coach with the infectious grin calmly started spinning her magic, working on fundamentals, enticing talented high school players to Cambridge, and changing Radcliffe's Seven Sisters cellar-dwelling image with eternal optimism. Unlike many of those up for re-election next week, Field's record since '75 speaks for itself: 26-7-9 (through last Saturday's landmark victory in Tigertown...