Word: relishing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kline's conception of the role is that of an oldtime silent-movie villain who relishes his villainy and wants everyone else to relish it. Thus his performance takes the form of a prolonged aside to the audience, missing only the knowing wink. What Kline lacks in gravity, he makes up in charm. His rash, stunning proposal to share the bed of Lady Anne (Madeleine Potter), made over the coffin of her father-in-law, whom Richard has slain after murdering her husband, meets with implausible success partly because Kline makes seduction irresistible...
...across the country, TIME picked five women trial lawyers whose reputations put them at the top of their generation. As a group, they are less like the stereotype of their sex than the stereotype of their job: they are fiercely intelligent, tough-minded, intensely competitive, self-assured individualists who relish the fray. The five...
Martin and his teammates obviously relish the thought of meeting the Tigers in the finals, but each squad must beat three other Ivy foes before such a match could materialize...
...only exception is Finnegan's convincing and zany portrayal of the gay, foppish Algernon, who devours cucumber sandwiches, bread and butter and muffins with dainty relish while seriously maintaining, "When I am in great trouble I refuse everything but food and drink." His candid approach makes the most of other similarly ridiculous lines...
While the icewomen now relish their invitation, they look with mixed feelings at their decision not to enter the playoffs. The solid core of juniors and seniors--one that could make the 1983-84 squad the best yet--has decided that next year there'll be a grand finale...