Word: proclaimer
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...Beaver. It is, in other words, a self-conscious elegy to the reckless dreams of youth. The film's four young friends -- sweet, smart Gordie (Wil Wheaton), take-charge Chris (River Phoenix), feisty Teddy (Corey Feldman) and fat Vern (Jerry O'Connell) -- are forever stopping in their tracks to proclaim, "I'm in the prime of my life," or "Kids lose everything unless there's someone to look after them." Does any twelve-year-old talk with such analysand self-awareness? The boys may be just scruffy outsiders in the small-town '50s, but they sound like a Classics Illustrated...
Documentary makers for American networks have always envied the freedom enjoyed by their British colleagues. BBC documentaries often proclaim a clearly stated point of view. Only if its thesis can be seriously challenged is a rebuttal scheduled. In an American documentary, each side of an issue -- Right-to-Life or abortion -- is balanced out, in effect adding up to zero. The trick then is to choose a subject bold enough to attract listeners but to present it so neutrally that the network does not end up in later hassles. Perhaps this is why on all three networks documentaries...
...discouraged. Let us also stipulate that the kind of pornography that flourishes in most cities is also distasteful and to be discouraged. Now even if this were all true -- and a majority of Americans think it is -- does it mean that the forces of law and government should proclaim such sexual activities illegal and threaten all offenders with prison terms? More generally, does it mean that the permissiveness of the past 20 years has finally gone too far, particularly in its blatant public displays, and that the government has a moral duty to call a halt? That certainly seems...
...similar organization, the Dallas-based American Renewal Foundation, distributes window decals for store owners to proclaim their refusal to sell porn. The group is currently threatening to boycott Circle K convenience stores, whose chairman has thus far withstood pressure to remove offending magazines. Another chain that has resisted is Dairy Mart convenience stores, with 950 outlets in the East and Midwest. Following a boycott organized by an affiliate of the N.F.D. in April, Dairy Mart conducted a survey of its patrons in four states, asking whether it should stock magazines like Playboy. The result: 55% said...
...freshman and junior varsity, however, captured a victory last week which may proclaim them the strongest and second strongest crews of their level in the nation...