Word: patly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week, as the Fed's open-market committee gathered for one of its regular closed meetings to set monetary policy, the governors faced a difficult choice. The board could try to push interest rates down further or stand pat on the theory that the economy is already recovering. The danger is that an overly stimulative policy could cause a new outbreak of virulent inflation. Even Johnson appears to be growing cautious. "Our first responsibility," he says, "is to stabilize prices." Though the minutes of the board's meeting will not be disclosed for several weeks, Fed watchers doubt that...
PERFUME, Patrick Suskind -- THE PRINCE OF TIDES, Pat Conroy -- A SUMMONS TO MEMPHIS, Peter Taylor -- A TASTE FOR DEATH, P.D. James...
...modest talent. Fran Lynch's career on television was a series of moments after a kickoff and tackle, when the offensive team was trotting onto the field and the special kickoff team of the Broncos was trotting off. There would be a pause in the action as Pat Summerall, the TV sportscaster, would peruse the names on his spotter's sheet, trying to match the jersey number with a name, and then announce to the ! viewing audience that the tackle had been made by Fran Lynch. Then, after another pause, Summerall would make some brief mention of Lynch's career...
EDITOR'S CHOICE FICTION O-ZONE, Paul Theroux -- PECKHAM'S MARBLES, Peter De Vries -- PERFUME, Patrick Suskind -- THE PRINCE OF TIDES, Pat Conroy -- A SUMMONS TO MEMPHIS, Peter Taylor -- A TASTE FOR DEATH, P.D. James NONFICTION EISENHOWER: AT WAR 1943-1945, David Eisenhower -- GOING SOLO, Roald Dahl MY FATHER, MY SON, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr. and Lieut. Elmo Zumwalt...
Purcell's debut feature comes out of the bottom of Beth Henley's script drawer. The author of Crimes of the Heart and (in collaboration) True Stories has down-home flakes down pat, but here they are too pat. Meet -- as if you hadn't met them in Southern literature a hundred times before -- the irrepressible outcast (Rosanna Arquette), the sensitive wanderer (Eric Roberts) in search of Miz Right, the good-ole-girl barmaid (Mare Winningham), the ex-jock with itchy trousers (Jim Youngs). In her eye blink of a role, Winningham is a buoyant delight, and Youngs nicely fleshes...