Word: notions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vice President George Bush continued to defend the notion of a Cuban-Namibian deal last week as he made a two-week tour of seven African nations. Calling the linkage "the key to the settlement," Bush declared that "we're going to stick with it." His words met with displeasure from his hosts, who included Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, leader of one of the five "frontline" states that most actively support the SWAPO guerrillas. That did not bode well for the future of Namibia, nor for the U.S. image in black Africa...
...than when he played the arrogant cowboy stud Hud in an undershirt. He has no belly, although he drinks several cans of Budweiser a day (he has not drunk hard liquor since a boozy period at the beginning of the '70s when he was shooting Sometimes a Great Notion). A daily sauna and a three-mile run seem to take care of the beer. His thick, curly white hair is short, his face is pink and lightly lined, his eyes are shut. He is driving the race in his head, plotting how to steal tenths of a second from...
Sometimes a Great Notion (starred and directed 1971): A much better film than its popularity would signify...
...daily business Bernardin dresses more like an ordinary parish priest than a prospective prince of the church. He has invited two priests and three nuns to share the cavernous brick mansion he inherited from Cody, and prefers to drive his silver Oldsmobile himself, all in keeping with his notion of a no-frills clergy. Explains Bernardin: "I consider myself a servant first of the Lord, then a servant of others for the sake of the Lord...
...former dealer serving time on drug charges, and I can tell you that a dealer would get a return of between $10 million and $15 million. The standard rule in selling drugs is that you can double or triple your money in a very short period of time. The notion that someone can make a 900% profit is an affront to anyone with any business sense...