Word: pompous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...claim to be running a perfect newspaper. It is puzzling, therefore, that the Crimson has taken unto itself the liberty to play ombudsman for the Indy; there is daily evidence that their work at Plympton Street is far from complete. "Factual" or not, sarcastic criticism is arrogant and pompous. When such an accusation is left unsigned--as it was on Saturday--it is also an act of cowardice. The comic irony, of course, is that the issue addressed by the anonymous writer in this case relied upon the fact that Indy staffers Cornwell and Lattmann identified themselves as authors...
BORIS GREBENSHIKOV: RADIO SILENCE (Columbia). The title is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Grebenshikov, a dubious product of glasnost, sounds like David Bowie on Bosco as he thrashes his way -- in English -- through twelve pompous rock anthems as dense as the Iron Curtain but not quite so penetrable...
Downstairs, on the funny line, is Cliff's other brother-in-law Lester, a sleek TV producer (played by Alan Alda in a gloriously fashioned comic performance). He offers Cliff a sinecure: filming a documentary that will make Lester look like a philosopher-king among the pompous nitwits who produce prime-time TV. Cliff agrees, but because he tries to turn Lester's story into a truthful expose, the project collapses. Along the way he loses the woman he loves (Mia Farrow), as well as a serious film to which he had been profoundly committed...
...time mortar and grenade explosions and gunfire from forces loyal to Noriega. The firefight claimed the lives of ten rebels and wounded 18 loyalist troops and five civilians. By 2 that afternoon, Noriega's supporters were rounding up the last of the rebels. It was all over but the pompous pronouncements in Panama -- and the recriminations in Washington...
Allen noted that Paramount dismisses "this claim of 'culture' as being nothing more than a desire to perpetuate or entrench existing ((Time)) management disguised in a pompous, highfalutin' claim." Wrote he: "I understand the argument . . . But I am not persuaded that there may not be instances in which the law might recognize as valid a perceived threat to a 'corporate culture' that is shown to be palpable (for lack of a better word), distinctive and advantageous...