Word: midpoints
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...running Talmudic commentary on the genesis of her womanly desires. (That's why Patinkin doesn't sing.) The songs begin in a liturgical mode, heavy on recitative and minor chords. As Yentl enters the real world of passion and deceit, the melodies become more secular, and by midpoint, when Yentl's thoughts turn from intellectual to sexual love, the songs are swimming strongly in the American pop mainstream. It is the most romantic, coherent and sophisticated original movie score since Gigi a quarter-century ago; and its treacherous glissandi and searching wit find their ideal interpreter...
...midpoint last week, the Cowboys had the league's best record, seven consecutive victories before a narrow loss to the Los Angeles Raiders. A quarterback controversy on a nearly undefeated team must say something about the appetite of the local fans. But there have also been unattractive reports of Cowboy players animatedly getting their hopes up when White stumbles in practice. Against the Raiders, White ran with the ball, threw it, caught it and, when the regular punter was injured, kicked it. Considering the variety of services he provides, White has a right to feel unappreciated, though Tom Landry...
...better script. Faced with filling a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, he named the high bench's first woman Justice: the capable, personable and conservative Sandra Day O'Connor. The President's backers were mostly delighted, and his critics were momentarily disarmed. At the midpoint of his term, the choice of O'Connor continues to control the public impression of Reagan's judicial nominations. With little public fanfare, he has appointed 88 other judges to life tenure on district and circuit courts-the federal trial and appeals bench. They, and other nominations to come...
...Washington Post's top political reporter, David S. Broder: "Not the midpoint in the Reagan presidency but its phaseout. . . an accelerating retreat from Reaganism, a process in which he is more spectator than leader...
...approach the midpoint of this term as President, one of the things that everybody notices, especially compared with some of your predecessors, is that the burdens of the presidency do not seem to have got you down. You really look unchanged. Your optimism and good humor seem to be intact. Is that impression correct? Are you that pleased with the experience...