Word: roles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bankruptcy may feel downright unpleasant for Texaco's management if Pennzoil has its way on those committees. Rather than fight the bankruptcy frontally, the Houston company has apparently embarked on a more subtle strategy, based on its role as one of Texaco's major creditors. Says Pennzoil Attorney Irvin Terrell: "Texaco has got a lot of other partners now -- banks, trade partners and us. Their affairs will be under the view of the bankruptcy court, and the creditors will have a say. We hope Pennzoil will have the largest...
...filled with coincidences and improbable twists of fate, ultimately the saga serves only to confirm Harvard's love of chance. Engendered in the Housing Lottery and confirmed in random assignments to the final, needed-for-graduation core class, the arbitrary hand of fate plays a crucial, yet romantic, role in the lives of Harvard undergraduates...
...cast is surprisingly successful at breathing life into stilted lines. Josine Shapiro, as a Jew whose husband beats her when sections of the newspaper cannot be found, brings a convincing accent and engaging meekness to her role...
Lisa Langford delivers a powerful performance as Emily, a possessive woman who beats her lesbian lover. Her emotional outbursts seem genuine and natural. Langford's equally able performance in a second role, that of a submissive lover of a violent man, provides a striking contrast with her first...
Until she started a love affair with Brantley, that is. From the moment the two start sleeping together, Slater's portrait of a successful working woman crumbles into the standard role of sexy sidekick. Instead of using her brains to save the company, Christie ends up kissing Brantley when he lands the CEO chair. She is reduced from a strong, sassy character into a one-dimensional sexual tool...