Word: roughed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kramer vs. Kramer is slick, almost contrived. The script manipulates at times. Every scene ends with a big laugh or a big cry. Benton edited the film perfectly and an hour and a half passes without notice. But his style is somehow out of synch with his subject. The rough edges that are an essential part of Ted and Joanna's break-up are masked inthe smooth flow...
Those who profess sophisticated knowledge of art try to read symbolic meaning into his forms, seeing them as conceptual statements. Others take one look at the sculptures--mass-produced chunks of wood, bricks and steel plates arrayed in monumental checkerboards and rough-hewn pyramids--and decide this is not "art" at all, but something the fabled 5-year-old could...
...count accurately is the illegal aliens, who have always been considered the same as citizens in computing a state's seats in the House or its federal benefits. Estimates of the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. run as high as 12 million, compared with a rough figure of 2 million in 1970. These aliens are difficult to count because they fear that any information gathered about them will be turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, which will then order them out of the country. The Census Bureau is using community groups in an effort...
...Tigers pounced first--and last--holding the Crimson scoreless in an unusually rough game and handing Harvard its sixth loss...
...with an honest urgency, conveying the innocence he once knew and the troubles he has weathered. His down-homey harmonica improvisation meshes well with unpretentious guitar and piano arrangements. When backed by the lastest edition of Crazy Horse, Young reveals his flair for the heavy decibels, and shows the rough, untarnished energy of his electric music...