Word: musts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They must have seemed pipe dreams at the Pasadena Playhouse, where Hackman took acting classes in the mid-'50s; the school voted him, and fellow student Dustin Hoffman, Least Likely to Succeed. A decade of small parts and menial jobs kept him going until 1964, when he scored in the Broadway comedy Any Wednesday. Three years later he made a screen impact in Bonnie and Clyde, and Hackman could finally support his wife Faye and three children from his actor's earnings. The couple were divorced in 1985, after 30 years of marriage. "Acting is a selfish profession," he says...
Hackman can laugh all the way to the bank; at almost $2 million a picture, $ the money adds up. But even a workaholic must hear the ticking of a gold watch in his future. "There's a big part of me that wants to quit," he says, "and I'm listening more and more to that voice. But I tried pulling back before, after Superman in 1978, and found out there wasn't much else I was suited for." That's O.K. Hackman's job -- and his capstone role as Anderson -- fits him as snugly as the gray suits...
...tend to wear out both readers and reviewers. Here is another book by so-and- so, they mutter, and I haven't yet found the time to get through the last two -- or is it three? Guilt breeds resentment, which in turn fosters rationalization. Anyone who writes that much must be doing a pretty slapdash job of it. And this impression has led to a distinct tilt in contemporary taste and criticism toward "bleeders," those who rasp and file their words meticulously before issuing slim volumes at discreet intervals...
...painful as the task may be, economists insist that the deficit must be cut. Says Norman Robertson, chief economist of Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh: "The most important factor in determining whether we have a recession in the next two years is going to be whether we adopt a credible deficit- reduction program...
...twelve-man bipartisan commission that would decide on the sites for closure. The commission submitted its recommendations to Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci last week; both he and the Joint Chiefs of Staff were reportedly prepared to approve them. The list will next go to Congress where it must be considered on a take- it-or-leave-it basis. Hence, lawmakers from affected communities can blame the closures on the commission...