Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's Why I'm Here marks James' debut as a full-fledged album producer. He does a fine job for the most part, and achieves a rich sound with few instruments. Exotic noises help make "Only a Dream in Rio"--a song about the return of Brazilian democracy--an exciting and colorful celebration. The jazzy trumpets, funky harmonica and upbeat tempo of "Limousine Driver" rival Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" sound...
There are ideal juxtapositions, as with the Chippendale sideboard, wine cooler and pedestaled urns from Harewood House, whose rich tones of rosewood and satinwood are echoed and amplified in the glossy coats of the Stubbs horses hanging above them, borrowed from a different estate. The cast list of painters and sculptors, silversmiths, ebenistes and potters is immense, and though there are disappointments--Turner, for instance, is poorly represented --there are also some startling moments. It would be difficult to find a clearer or fresher Canaletto than his view of the Thames from Richmond House, for instance, or a more precocious...
...afraid to show their feelings. The Silicon man doesn't seem to have any. When the wife wants to make some emotional connection, like during a crisis, Silicon man runs up to his brain and sits there a while. Ralph: Surely this is warm jocularity. Perhaps a rich burst of feminist humor...
Murdoch will be able to offer a rich storehouse of ready-made programming from the 20th Century-Fox film library, which contains such old properties as the Star Wars movie trilogy, the M*A*S*H series and more recent shows like Trapper John, M.D. Says Analyst Isgur: "The Fox library is wonderful for Murdoch. There's little marginal cost and great profit potential." Gaining access to a film library was a prime reason for another big studio takeover in August, when Cable King Ted Turner bought MGM for $1 billion...
...allow the play to go on. They remained onstage for nearly three hours, engaging the audience in a spirited discussion of what some critics call the "garbage play." The protesters argued that staging the play, whose main character is an unscrupulous real estate speculator identified as "A., the Rich Jew," will revive anti-Jewish feelings in the country. Director Gunther Ruhle insisted that Fassbinder, a * well-known moviemaker, only intended to criticize modern anti-Semitism. Such purposes may seem elusive in a play in which one character says of the protagonist, "They forgot to gas him." The demonstrators, backed...