Word: matter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard has been conspicuous with its absence," Bernard Flynn, administrative assistant to Mayor Thomas W. Danehy said, adding, "They come out on top, no matter what they...
...Chinese troops still occupied parts of its border area, and thus refused to discuss peace terms. Peking insisted that it had withdrawn completely from Viet Nam; U.S. analysts accept that statement, but they also believe that the Chinese have slightly altered the old border for tactical military purposes-"a matter of a hundred yards here and a hundred yards there," as one official...
...great director King Vidor made The Champ in 1931, he created a four-handkerchief corker; a fine cast (Wallace Beery, the young Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich) and Vidor's emotional restraint prevented a sugary story from caramelizing. This remake, directed by Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet), is another matter entirely. By miscasting all three major roles, adding 35 minutes to the original film's running time and reaching for cheap effects, the director has gilded a lily and then shredded...
...speech he made two years ago this month. But all that most Americans now remember of that occasion is that he called the nation to the energy barricades, then shrank from leading the fight. This time aides were urging him to choose a more subdued format. No matter where he speaks, Carter's audience will include not just the American people but the OPEC cartel. Until he presents an energy plan that sharply and permanently reduces the nation's dependence on foreign oil, OPEC will just grow richer and richer...
...brazenly doublecrossing an ally. But loyalty in this arena is more dangerous than treason, and Nicholas' devotion to a former lover proves his undoing-and almost his death. As usual, Holland, who writes refreshingly taut prose, dispenses with the ponderous plots and pageantry of the genre: her people matter much more than their costumes. By substituting mental thrust and parry for the metal kind, she proves that there can be more to historical thrillers than swordplay and seduction...