Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...superstitious, sarcastic man, sometimes rotten to his children, often beastly to his women. He had contempt for women artists. His famous remark about women being "goddesses or doormats" has rendered him odious to feminists, but women tended to walk into both roles open-eyed and eagerly, for his charm was legendary. Whole cultural industries derived from his much mythologized virility. He was the Minotaur in a canvas-and-paper labyrinth of his own construction...
...special Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1972. There were dissenters. Governor Ronald Reagan, for one, believed the government did the right thing in 1952. During the 1972 visit, Chaplin, at 83, said he'd long ago given up radical politics, a welcome remark in a nation where popular favor has often been synonymous with depoliticization. But the ravishing charm and brilliance of his films are inseparable from his convictions...
...remark which seemed enigmatic in light of recent questions over the future status of Radcliffe College, Wilson said, "I want you to know we will take care of these institutions...
...final remark, obviously directed at Thompson, Barrios suggested that 10 years in office might be too long...
...made a remark that "Good Will Hunting" was the first phase of our recruitment for next year," she said, "Physically, this place sparkled...