Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tims, Hanes' voice rings too smoothly, Shakespearean in tone, stagy. Tom is a writer, not an actor, and the immense presence that Hanes gives his character is oddly wrong, too smug, too fulsomely gesturing, too much exterior acting. It is a terrific role, at once subtle and obvious, but the actor's energetic anger, bitterness and sense of adventure must come from deep within. In the scenes that call for dynamic confrontation with Amanda, Hanes is very good, but at other times he is too pompous, too unselfconscious. Lines like "it don't take too much intelligence to get yourself...
Though Maggie Topkis is fine in several scenes, particularly when relating the story of her first and last high-school love, she has none of the delicacy and fragility that link Laura to her glass animals. And her acting is annoyingly obvious at times, showing instead of feeling...
...became obvious when the New England franchise manager described tossed salad as "a well-researched, well-supported concept with a lot of data behind it," and added, "We're very pleased to have salad...
...Iran itself, the crisis ebbed and flowed. Early in the week there was talk of compromises, and hints that some of the hostages might be released, but as the American determination became obvious in Iran...
...obvious U.S. tactic might be to embargo food exports to Iran, which amounted to nearly $500 million in the fiscal year ended last September. The American Farm Bureau Federation would support President Carter if he should cut off grain shipments, as he could do under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Cries of "Food for crude!" are starting to be heard. The White House, however, has no present intention of halting food supplies. If the U.S. later plugs up this cornucopia, Iran will be less vulnerable than it once was. As a Persian grain trader says, "We are earning...