Word: reines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...background of a Tatooine scene. The barroom sequence, with its remarkable array of extraterrestrial freaks, is reminiscent of scenes written by Robert Heinlein and Samuel Delaney. But as Lucas and Producer Kurtz quickly point out, Star Wars is not science fiction but space fantasy. "Space fantasy allows you more rein to say what you want to say," explains Kurtz. "So that's what we call...
Some reporters wished he had found other things to do right after the press conference; they had not been able to hear the remarks. "You've got to rein in your boy," Henry Bradsher of the Washington Star told a White House staffer. "These offhand conferences just won't do." It probably is a futile plea. Nobody has been able to rein in Jimmy Carter...
...help the person who goes through life doing nothing for someone else. He's doomed." He finds that young people today are less ambitious than a generation ago, duller than in the '60s but more eager to find some meaning in their lives. Hesburgh keeps a close rein on his own ambitions, even as he enjoys the trappings of success, smoking a Cuban cigar and sipping a Grand Marnier. Ambition among churchmen, says Hesburgh, is corrosive: "I've seen it ruin so many...
Still, Carter refused to reprimand his longtime friend. At week's end, however, there were rumors of an effort by the President to rein in Young. There was also a White House announcement that Vice President Walter Mondale had been asked to assume a key role in U.S. policy toward Africa-an area in which Young has taken a special interest. Any connection? Perhaps not; Carter told Mondale two weeks ago to help get the U.S. some friends in Africa. Still, the suspicion lingered...
...rhetoric-and, indeed, they may end up that way. But now they sound a little more convincing. Certainly his dropping of the $50 rebate-a bad idea to begin with-is evidence that he may be willing to take those tough actions that are essential if we are to rein in federal spending. However, the real tests still lie ahead...