Word: pies
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tackle. Most N.F.L. stadiums are filled at kickoff time, and last year the owners of the 28 franchises divvied up some $1.2 billion in TV contracts. Understandably, the N.F.L. barons have been loath to share the spoils. More teams mean smaller slices of the TV pie. Businessmen who want to start a new pro team are left with only one option: to form their own league...
...commenting on her role. Nicholson has a tougher assignment. He is, here, only half a man, all surface and no substance, and finally he distances himself from Mark, his face going slack in a kind of moral torpor. But when he smiles at Rachel like a cat with Tweety Pie feathers on his lips or croons nonsense to his firstborn, Nicholson reveals the charm that hides the folly. You can hate Mark for his cruelty or love him for his robust grace and fine, sharp humor. Same with this movie...
...their red, white and blue polyester uniforms, the drivers for Domino's Pizza spring from their vehicles with cardboard cartons and sprint up the sidewalks of millions of U.S. homes. Customers often clock them to the second, since the 2,000-shop chain promises a discount if the pie takes longer than 30 minutes to arrive. To help drive home the point, Domino's sponsored a race car that finished fifth in the Indianapolis 500, with Al Unser Jr. behind the wheel...
...multi-million dollar travel company, and he has achieved his success by exploiting the patriotic values of hard work and clean living. First as the Olympic organizer who made the carrying of the torch a national happening and then as the visible mover and shaker in the apple-pie job of baseball commissioner, Ueberroth has touched a chord of Americana. It is a call coinciding with the rejuvenated patriotism that is the hallmark of the Reagan Revolution. Ueberroth seems to answer each new challenge with the proclamation that "America is back...
...nobody's going to go back and eat their lima beans after the apple pie...