Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...principle of lawyer-client confidentiality be pushed? According to a ruling handed down in West Palm Beach, Fla., last week, in certain circumstances an attorney can even withhold his client's name. The odd case, which has stirred intense interest in legal circles, grows out of the death of Mark Baltes, a 28-year-old electrician killed by a hit-and-run driver in 1986. The driver was never caught, but the day after the accident, attorney Barry Krischer was visited by someone who would say only that he or she -- the gender has not been revealed -- may have been...
...odd that after the director spent so much time working on the accents of some characters, like Press, that others have none. A brief sojourn in Europe must have rid Catherine Holly (Anne Schott) of her accent, and Sister Felicity (Sally Milius) must have drowned hers in the ascetic life...
Dressed in a tweed jacket and a scally cap, Sutton reminisces in a Harvard Square cafe about the candidates and power-brokers he has known in his 50-odd years of politicking...
...three Forrester children have the same odd feeling: that in spite of strong dreams and hard work they're somehow slipping into an economic backwater; that it will be measurably tougher, if not impossible, to achieve the same life their parents...
...film isn't merely a showcase for Hanks and Field. The minor characters are vital to the plot and theme; the lineup of stand-up comics at the Gas Station is odd and intriguing. One man dresses as a nun every night; another, an overweight high school history teacher, endures hissing disdain from the audience--all for the sake of his family, his students and comedy. Romeo (Mark Rydell), the self-concerned club manager, tries to prod and cajole his comics to the top. These characters are left behind as Steven and Lilah rise closer to success, and we feel...