Word: reached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brings all these qualities to the sequel, which, seven years later, should make her a major star. For this movie stands to be something its predecessor was not, a megahit. And it deserves to be, for it is a remarkable accomplishment: a sequel that exceeds its predecessor in the reach of its appeal while giving Weaver new emotional dimensions to explore...
...Corman's executive assistant. Cameron left in 1982 to direct his first feature, Piranha II. By 1983 Cameron and Hurd had written an original script called The Terminator, and Alien's proprietors were impressed with it. They called Cameron in to discuss another project, about which they could not reach agreement. Before he left, however, Producer David Giler threw out the possibility of working on a new Alien. "I felt like he was digging out an old bone in the backyard," Cameron recalls, "dragging out something no one had been thinking much about...
...easy enough to condemn nervous Nellies at the networks for avoiding controversy. No network, for example, wants to be known as the liberal or conservative network, for this would shut off segments of the big audiences that their advertisers want to reach. This neutrality, this blandness, embodied somewhat loosely in what is called the Fairness Doctrine, is perhaps unavoidable in commercial conduits that must serve large and diverse audiences. Public television has more freedom but sometimes has trouble getting commercial underwriting to make controversial documentaries...
...received unanimous approval in both state legislative chambers. A joint committee is now reconciling House and Senate versions of the bill, which is expected to reach the floor again in the first week of September...
...farm industry, once a source of pride and power, has become an economic burden. Because so many other countries have improved their agricultural output, maintaining America's vast farming capacity is now a costly exercise in excess. During fiscal 1986 the expense to taxpayers for supporting farm programs will reach, according to the Government's estimates, $24 billion -- a 36% increase over last year. As exports shrivel and imports increase, the U.S. agricultural industry no longer even produces the hefty foreign exchange earnings that farmers once provided...