Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Virginia Wade, "Our Ginny" everywhere from the London Times to the fishier fish wrappers, and a quarter-finalist this year at nearly 38, ticks off Navratilova's list of parts: "So fit, so fast, so quick off the mark, so athletic, so confident...
Though events pour by in an extravagant rush, the plot in fact centers on Alexander (Bertil Guve) and his sister Fanny (Pernilla Allwin), as they adjust to their father's death and their mother's quick remarriage to a tyrannical bishop Guve's huge brown eyes watch everything silently, building a mask to ward off the collapse of his world. Through Alexander we watch the movements of the rest of his family, particularly his grandmother (Guna Waugrea), who embodies the wisdom and vision of a true matriarch. An aging actress, she controls her family and tries to face...
Kennedy emerges as far more incisive than Nixon, who let discussions ramble inconclusively. Kennedy listened to advisers argue policy proposals, then asked quick questions, never hesitating to reveal his own lack of expertise. "Can I just ask what was our deficit from last year?" he inquired of Budget Bureau Director David Bell in a meeting on whether to seek tax cuts. Kennedy did not understand the function of the Small Business Administration, asking: "Who can get something from the Small Business Administration that they can't get from the local bank...
...giant caverns look as if they might be the site for a villainous Ian Fleming scheme wherein a Dr. No or a Goldfinger concocts a plan to conquer the world, only to be thwarted in the end by a quick-thinking James Bond. The caves in the Kansas City area actually serve a far more tranquil purpose: commerce. More than 3,000 people are at work for 170 companies 110 ft. to 200 ft. below the gently rolling scene on the surface...
...Cross was young and earnest, and Torgerson was a popular veteran, married to another member of the Central America press corps, Lynda Schuster of the Wall Street Journal. Torgerson, a North Carolina native, had been a newsman since his teens; his foreign assignments included Nairobi and Jerusalem. Renowned for quick wit and warmth, he was unflappable; when a plane he was aboard had a harrowing landing last year, Torgerson buried any fears he may have had in a hearty laugh. Cross, a Kansan who worked in Central America for years under the pseudonym R. Cruz, was a loner, but passionate...