Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chinatown Jack Nicholson only discovered that John Huston had any interest in land just before he shot Faye Dunaway. Nor does the film's shallow social satire allow its all star cast to flourish any more than does the plot. Mastoianni is locked into a dull role as a middle class detective unsure of how to treat the high society Torinisti he is investigation, in particular how to deal with his growing non-professional interest in Jacqueline Bisset. Bisset does not seem half so bored as her constant companion. Trintignant. (who frequently looks as if he might scream if forced...
With this in mind, it is necessary for the University to permit student participation in selection of the new officer to ensure that Leonard's replacement will be as outspoken and determined as his or her predecessors. In addition, a re-evaluation of the officer's role and powers is in order, to make certain that a person without Leonard's connections and respect within the University is nonetheless able to effect needed changes...
Essick was considered a favorite to receive the newly created position, where he will play a crucial role in America's national swimming program, Baaron B. Pittenger, associate director of athletics, said yesterday...
...percentage for his services) soon finds himself prospering and enjoying his demi-celebrity. But, of course, a tweed jacket and a book-lined pad do not an author make. The Front's best comic moments occur as Allen, whose character is just barely literate, tries to act the role of author. His worst moment (and one of the film's best comic scenes): an attempt at an on-set rewrite of one of his client's scripts...
Johnson's history is much more than a collection of vignettes. He stresses the integral role that Christianity played not merely in European society but specifically in its economy. From the 9th to the 14th centuries, it was the monks of the great monasteries, particularly the Cistercian houses, who drained the swamps of Europe and cleared its for ests, thus creating thousands of square miles of arable land - and laying the foundations of Europe's prosperity. Christianity left some less fortunate legacies too. The ferocity of the Crusades, observes Johnson, "fossilized Islam into a fanatic posture" from which...