Word: oscars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...federal budget have become the new cult figures in Washington. There is glamour in ledgers, computer print-outs and bar graphs. The big star, clearly, is David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget. But Alice Rivlin, director of the Congressional Budget Office, surely deserves an Oscar for supporting actress in this new drama...
...vast oil resources? Though the government maintains it is the average Mexican, the trickle-down philosophy it employs has done little, if anything, to rectify one of the most skewed income distributions in the world. Last June, at a Kennedy School forum, Mexico's Ambassador to the United Nations, Oscar Gonzales, acknowledged that income distribution in Mexico--where the top 30 per cent of the society enjoys 70 per cent of the income--is less equitable than in El Salvador. And economic data show that the disparity in Mexico has actually worsened during the "development" process. Unemployment estimates range...
...Sesame Street are perfecting computer software programs that they expect to sell to the general public. Scores of children sit in communion with batteries of special computers. The keyboards are arrayed with numbers, arrows and letters from A to Z in alphabetical order. In the Dial-A-Muppet game, Oscar the Grouch might pop up at command, grumbling encouragement. A science game called Spotlight utilizes a ray of light and two mirrors to illustrate how beams can bounce across space. The player manipulates the spotlight to illuminate a character named Steve waltzing back and forth across the stage...
...that on the court he is a sharpshooter whose ability to penetrate, physical toughness and rebounding skill are suspect, and that he will make only an average pro. But suppose he could be a Hall of Famer, the next Oscar Robertson. Ainge signed a contract not to begin his Oscaring until after his obligations to Toronto were over, and he is morally and legally obliged to honor that contract...
...obvious importance of the craft has led to a new demand, by Smith and others, for recognition at the Academy Awards, along with myriad other special categories. "The academy has never had a permanent Oscar for makeup artists," says Smith. "The fact that they didn't give an award last year-with so many obvious candidates to choose from-points out the inadequacy of the system." Fay Kanin, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, promises that the academy will look at the complaints and make a decision, probably in the fall. It had better hurry...