Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dash and the 40-yd. hurdles were pleasant surprises for the Harvard coaching staff. McCurdy said he was unsure of the strength of his sprinters before the meet, but the Crimson won both races...
Silver Bay, Minn., is a pleasant community of 3,500 people nestled in the birch forests that line the northwestern shores of Lake Superior. Last year it celebrated the 20th year of its existence. This year may prove to be its last...
Because they have a local orientation, City Hall and to a lesser extent the state legislature have a more immediate impact on Boston residents than the senate or governorship. These local offices are the sources of patronage and favors that make life in Boston more pleasant--last year selective tree planting in East Boston was one of White's ways of rewarding supporters. This difference between statewide offices, where Republicans often win, and local ones, where they usually lose, justifies Representative Frank's comment on the Kearns Report, "If that is going to be Harvard's contribution to Boston politics...
When Bogdanovich is concentrating on atmosphere, showing a small independent company making up stories in order to take advantage of the locations, or fighting off gunmen sent out by the competition, his picture has a pleasant authenticity. There is also a nicely handled romantic triangle involving O'Neal, Burt Reynolds as a star and Newcomer Jane Hitchcock as a comically nearsighted actress. What goes wrong with the picture is an overreliance on slapstick, the nearly lost silent film technique, as a device to evoke the spirit of the time. Bogdanovich apparently does not quite trust his film...
This moment, which should have been startling and funny, is actually thoroughly predictable and calculated. Watching Silver Streak is like leaning out a moving train window and looking ahead: you can see everything coming a mile off. The prospect is not entirely pleasant either. Besides the dialogue, which sounds like counsel from "The Playboy Adviser," the twists of plot have been extensively mapped by previous train thrillers, from The Lady Vanishes to Gary Grant's interlude aboard the Twentieth Century Limited in North by Northwest. Director Arthur Hiller (Love Story) and Scenarist Colin Higgins (Harold and Maude) are simply...