Word: plateauing
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...becomes the basis for a judgment by someone, somewhere on their policy or on themselves as leaders. Governors, Senators and Congressmen can say almost anything that comes to mind (and very often do) with little fear of its upsetting national aspirations. Let them battle their way up to the plateau of running for the presidency and everything changes. The degree to which they deliberate every issue before they speak and then think through every utterance is a critical measure of their competence...
Nearly as big as the U.S., this plateau is literally out of the world-on Venus. Though the perpetual cloud cover of the earth's nearest planetary neighbor has kept its surface tantalizingly hidden, Venus' veil is being lifted by a gifted robot. The Pioneer-Venus Or biter spacecraft has been circling the planet since December 1978, analyzing its atmosphere and scanning and rescanning its surface with radar. Last week NASA released the first renderings of these extraterrestial data, revealing a dramatic and awesome landscape still in the process of formation. Though 60% of the Venusian topography consists...
...small army of violent Chicanos. At this point, Where the Buffalo Roam almost makes a statement about how injustice breeds violence and corrupts the concerned and the innocent. But Laszlo and Billy are so two-dimensional the message falls flat. Laszlo seems merely to have reached a new plateau of raving fanaticism and Billy becomes the standard Victim of Society. Worse still, this hideout scene quickly degenerates into unfunny slapstick shenanigans. In this film, political statements and rowdy humor go together like chocolate milk and pepperoni pizza...
After such separateness, they renew their striving for greater togetherness. "There is never a plateau," says Pressler. "The masterpieces we play always force us to go that one step further." As in a performance, he cocks his head at the others, seems to get an unspoken assent. "The only plateau we'll reach is the cemetery...
...ability to muster emotion. Schrader cast Poor Richard as a giant, swaggering, vending-machine penis, the only item Frederick's of Hollywood doesn't carry, a French tickler with batteries. Self-indulgent, he takes more time choosing an outfit than he does kissing Lauren Hutton to a silly-faced plateau of pleasure. Rarely can he park his 450 SEL without it lurching forward as he jumps out. He picks up women in foreign languages, yet he speaks French like a scratched Berlitz record at 78. He is boring...