Word: piloting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Hampshire, Berkeley and the rest are right; the intellectual environment is improved when one must contemplate why, in the auto-pilot of self-absorption that is washing and drying hands, we stop in our tracks at the sight of a woman exiting one stall and a man entering the next-why these two Harvard students, equal under the veritas, stand momentarily and wonder at each other. This truly is the meaning of liberal education...
Sounds like quite the windfall, does it not? True, some specialized skills are seen as advantageous, but who doesn't want to earn their helicopter pilot license anyway? The only problem is that one of the most important characteristics of a personal assistant is that the boss and his needs come first, while your deflated ego comes a paltry second...
...opening--two elderly gents meeting in a hospital as they await the death of their wives. The season premiere of Masterpiece Theatre can be poignant, yes, but just as often it's sly and funny, as Albert Finney, playing a randy former R.A.F. pilot, and Tom Courtenay, a fastidious retired milkman, are thrown into a sort of Odd Couple living arrangement. When Finney sets his sights on a chic divorce (Joanna Lumley, of Absolutely Fabulous), the results are delightfully unpredictable. And the richly nuanced performances are altogether superb...
Given the stacked deck in the pilot, detractors have claimed the series might well be called The Left Wing, and Sorkin has promised balance--Bartlet is antiabortion and a military hawk, for instance. But the real and admirable radical idea here is that people might still be passionate about principle, about government, about their jobs. When he's not indulging his you-can't-handle-the-truth side, Sorkin spins witty, hypercaffeinated office jabber with an intensity that's easier to buy from folks who have the Bomb than from sportscasters. That and an ensemble including ice-cool Rob Lowe...
...those hammers and nails, George, and start building yourself a platform. Early Monday afternoon, John McCain ? considered by most pundits as the only viable opposition to George W. Bush for the GOP presidential nomination ? formally announced his candidacy. McCain, a former Navy pilot and POW, has distinguished himself from his vague but popular rival by making himself very clear on a few issues: He believes strongly in campaign finance reform, urges an improvement in the standard of living of military families, wants to pay teachers according to merit and would institute a nationwide test of school vouchers. While there...