Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...start of another working day, and Homo sapiens steps out of his apartment building into the roar of rush hour. He picks his way through the traffic and arrives at the corner just in time to watch his bus pull away. Late for work, he opens his office door and finds the boss pacing inside. His report was due an hour ago, he is told; the client is furious. If he values his job, he had better have a good explanation. And, by the way, he can forget about taking a vacation this summer. The man eyes a paperweight...
Worried parents rush to get a record of their children...
...Gold Rush he took a huge cast and crew into the high country near Truckee, Calif., built a complete mining-town set, labored in the deep snow for weeks-and then used only a couple of shots from the location in the final film. He preferred to rebuild the town on his Hollywood back lot, where only his own caprices, not nature's, could affect the process by which he achieved his most nearly perfect artistic vision. To shoot what seems to be a simple sequence, the meeting of his tramp character and Virginia Cherrill's blind flower...
...yelled and fought. "Harvey used to push me against the wall - he's strong as a bull - but it freed me up a lot as an actor to play against him. He has a nice freedom on stage." Says Fierstein: "You couldn't get him to rush a line. He had to do it his way. That's his star quality. He is a complete and total personality." Indeed, in all his roles so far Broderick has projected an amiable aloofness. He seems to stand back, observing the craziness of everyone around him. Coupled with that...
Labor's Foot derided the Prime Minister for her "irresolute rush" to elections and charged that "care and compassion had been thrown out the window" during her term. Labor had favored later elections to give the party more time to close the rift between its radical left and moderate wings. But there was also grumbling among some Tory M.P.s, who noted that the party had not even selected its candidates in 20 constituencies. In fact, the 31-day campaign will interfere with several important international meetings. Thatcher promptly canceled talks with President Reagan in Washington...