Word: pardons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...your pardon, coach...
Adapting the 1977 French movie Pardon Man Affaire to his own rubber-faced disciplines, Writer-Director Wilder has fashioned an ironic, worldly, yet sternly moral comedy that gives an energizing twist to every farcical convention and finds the perfect timing for every rubber-faced reaction to calamity. Judith Ivey as a wife whose dimness is perfectly shaded, Gilda Radner as an angry romantic, and Charles Grodin as a secretive goof all follow their leader's spirit. The result is the summer's first comedy for adults. May they respond profitably to so rare a gift. -By Richard Schickel...
...self-imposed exile in Southern California. Though his resignation canceled the House Judiciary Committee's unanimous vote to impeach him, Nixon still faced a real danger of being indicted and imprisoned for obstruction of justice. A month after the resignation, President Gerald Ford granted Nixon a blanket pardon for any crimes he may have committed in the White House, but the U.S. public was less forgiving. Polls consistently showed that two-thirds of all Americans thought Nixon should not have been pardoned and should never again hold any public office. Visitors to his compound at San Clemente during those...
...Rearick's life emerged following the ceremony. After his arrest and conviction on an extortion charge, Rearick was sentenced to 25 years in a federal penitentiary in Washington State. But after less than two years in prison, where he became a born-again Christian, Rearick received a pardon...
...vessel and water, we had begun to comprehend some part of the ship's arrangements. Little by little, we found that we could turn a useful hand to trimming or mending a sail, doing a bit of navigation, preparing a meal in the galley or singing (if you will pardon a picturesque phrase) a shanty or two on the fo'c's'le. We joined the crew of a great vessel which had already traversed many miles before our arrival. We helped her along, during our four years, and so became a part...