Word: objects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though speed was the object, the networks did not gauge the possible effects of the early announcements. As it happened, many people in the Pacific time zone--including Corman's constituents--whose polls were still open decided not to vote, feeling their ballot was useless. This did not affect the presidential race, which was decided east of the Mississippi. But in smaller congressional, state, and local races--particularly Corman's--Democratic candidates lost votes when despairing Carter supporters chose not to cast their ballots...
...film's two plots--one dealing with Jules' obsession with the diva and the other, with the sleazy operations of something called the "Caribbean Connection"--revolve around the time-honored devices of mistaken identity and unwitting involvement in crime. When Jules illicitly tapes a Hawkins concert, he becomes the object of a sinister gang of Taiwanese sporting mirror-sunglasses who are trying to obtain pirated recordings of the famous singer. (For "artistic reasons," Hawkins has always refused to make records). And when a prostitute escaping from the "Caribbean Connection" (which seems to have something to do with white slavery...
Joel Popkins '86 put it more concretely Drinking games are like Russian Roulette," he said "the object of both is to get blasted out of your mind...
...English believes that "discourtesy in the classroom is always out of place." But a general acceptance of classroom applause often leads to an acceptance of hissing with consequent embarrassment. Several students report that a now concluded Biology courses and one of its three professors in particular were the object of hissing that was anything but good natured. "Students really hated that course," says one premed who understandably wishes to remain unidentified. Several "dry" lectures he says, were followed by sustained hissing...
PHILLIP DIMITRIOUS, the protagonist in Paul Mazursky's Tempest, is by most standards a very successful man. As a New York architect, he designs fantastic casinos for his mobster boss. He is married to Antonia, an acclaimed actress still the object of others' desire. His daughter, Miranda, is completely immersed in the complexities of pubescent pop culture, complete with movie-star worship and bad imported music...