Word: reminded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Broadway it used to be known as the 10:40 number. It is the song that comes about halfway through the second act, and it is designed to remind an audience deep into digestion and plot development that there is a musical going on around here. In the otherwise hopeless movie version of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the 10:40 is called Sidestep, and it falls to that rotund and expert character actor Charles Burning. He plays a Governor of Texas known for his ability to float away from difficult issues in a cloud of obfuscating verbiage...
...about much else. Assaultive language masquerading as sidewalk compliments can remind any woman of her vulnerability. Rape is still a waking nightmare, but at least a little daylight has been let in. The physical wounding and emotional trauma are now discussed openly. America is being educated; more stringent laws and penalties are now in effect and reflect a greater understanding of the crime. But feminism, in its widest application, is still a home-front revolution, and it is in the apartment, the tract house and the split-level that its greatest impact has been felt...
...Government too many officials express their own views on foreign policy. This flaw surfaced with the blundering "no" vote by our U.N. Ambassador on the Falklands cease-fire resolution [June 14]. True, communications can be a problem, but let's not disguise the issue. President Reagan should remind Secretary of State Haig and Ambassador Kirkpatrick of their duties: Mr. Haig to remain steadfast to the decision made by his boss; Mrs. Kirkpatrick to use her political savvy to convey our policy...
...that the organization's political thrust might overshadow educational goals, Willie said academics must stress "the linkage between analysis and action. "Saying that education and religion have been the greatest vehicles for the advancement of Blacks in America, he added that "higher education has to hang in there to remind racial minorities of the need not to turn away from...
...chipped in half of the $4.8 million budget, and new works were commissioned from a dozen or so major playwrights, composers and choreographers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Lanford Wilson, Gian Carlo Menotti, Lukas Foss, Ned Rorem and Geoffrey Holder. To give the festival a festive look-and to remind everyone that this was, after all, flaky, flamboyant Miami-Christo, the site artist, was hired to wrap pink plastic ribbons around ten small, uninhabited islands in Biscayne...