Word: plateful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Paul Getty Trust, the problems posed by the tableware project were part of the attraction. Says he: "I was interested in objects that could be mass-produced and usable and of quality." All three requirements are handsomely met throughout the collection. There are sturdy, dishwasher-safe porcelain plates ($46 to $145 each), full-lead crystal bar-and stemware ($35, $36) and silver-plate candlesticks and bowls ($125 to $350). The collection shuns traditional five-piece place settings for eclectic offerings. There is, for instance, Venturi's complex "Grandmother," a pastel floral print overlaid with bold black dashes. "Miami Beach...
...plant will probably put 3,500 people to work in an area of high unemployment. By the end of 1988, the factory could be turning out vehicles at the rate of 240,000 annually. Ford is expected to buy some of the cars and may put the Mustang name plate on them. Fast-growing Mazda has been crimped by import restraints that limit its U.S. sales to 173,400 cars a year. Said a Mazda official: "We've had no choice but to start production...
Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) has just been busted for disturbing the affluence of Beverly Hills; a few moments before, some bad guys had shattered decorum and a plate-glass window by heaving him through the latter. Now Axel, who hails from Detroit, where the fuzz's lot is mostly scuzz, looks wonderingly around. "This is the cleanest and nicest police car I've ever been in in my life," he murmurs. "This thing's nicer than my apartment." Very politely he requests the arresting officers to pull over if they just happen to spot any movie...
...book, Pieces of My Mind. The book does contain some good moments, but they're drowned in a flood of simple-minded nostalgia and self-absorption. Too many of the book's pieces are stereotypical Rooney examinations of the little things in life. The chapter "It's Only a Plate" contains essays titled "A New Kitchen," "Old Appliances," "Buying Clothes," "Shoes," "Wastebaskets," and "Underwear," which contains this immortal line: "One of the pleasures of a vacation is being able to wear your old underwear...
...people like me who are not looking for sex or drugs. If there were more priests like James Reynolds who cared about our loneliness, the church would not have so many apathetic Catholics who feel the church values them only for the money they put in the collection plate each week...