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What was it like working on The Road? It was amazing. It was a great experience to be around such high-powered talent. John Hillcoat is a great director. He knows what he wants, he doesn't overtalk it and he's very direct. He lets you do your thing. It was an honor to work on that project. (Read TIME's review of The Road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actor Michael Kenneth Williams | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...George Meany, no stranger to rough-and-tumble public debate, once grumped: "A half-hour on that show can age you ten years." Spivak is also stern with the reporters who appear. At the cost of a certain spontaneity, questioners must speak in turn on his cue; Spivak hates "overtalk from all those eager beavers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Durable Interrogator | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...state committee is unlikely to turn down the one man who presently has a clear edge over the tarnished Rockefeller. If forced into a June primary, Goldberg would still be a heavy favorite. Perhaps the only thing that could seriously hurt his chances now is his Humphreyesque penchant for overtalk. If he were Governor now, Goldberg bragged last week, he could settle the postal strike singlehanded-though a Governor has absolutely nothing to do with the Post Office and no power to give or promise raises. "As Secretary of Labor, I came here and settled the tugboat strike," Goldberg said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: Rites of Spring | 3/30/1970 | See Source »

Beaten at every turn, Senator Hiram Johnson, No. 1 Treaty opponent, refused to surrender. He saw his little band of followers subside in silent discouragement. His own voice went hoarse with overtalk-ing, but he lost none of his valor. Cried he: "I ask no quarter. I know no way to fight for my country except to die for it. ... I will present, god willing, as long as I am able, the inequities and iniquities of this Treaty. I'm going to bat just as hard as I can. Go on with your majority! Put on your cloture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Treaty Ratified | 7/28/1930 | See Source »

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