Word: screens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie is so understated that you are likely to come out wondering what you just saw on the screen. It's pace is comparable to that of other films exploring gentle human frailties--not unlike the flow of Local Hero, a movie which captures the odd habits of a small and quaint community and the idiosyncracies of its inhabitants...
...SUCH MOVIES will by their nature exploit the actors who participate--in this case the stunning Basinger--who told interviewers that she was psychologically obssessed with achieving the requisite screen effect. Exploitation is nothing new to movies, and most, if not all, of the moviegoers who make it to 9 1/2 Weeks will be lured by the prospect of watching Basinger pout through a grueling workout of sexual stunts (only one or two of which are as exciting as we expect them...
...Public Health Service, a government agency, recommended earlier this week that people in high risk groups undergo periodic blood tests to screen for the AIDS virus...
...Among them: Exxon, IBM, Lockheed, Shearson Lehman, Federal Express, United Airlines, TWA, Hoffmann-La Roche, the New York Times. On March 1, Du Pont became the newest name on the list. And this spring, AT&T, which already tests applicants at plants where volatile chemicals are handled, will start screening all potential employees at its manufacturing facilities for drug use. About one-fourth of the FORTUNE 500 companies now screen applicants for drugs, and an additional 20% are expected to begin doing so this year...
...momentous goings-on inside the Moscow hall, reaction among ordinary Soviets to the congress, which will end this week, was subdued. A giant television screen on Moscow's Kalinin Prospect carried Gorbachev's speech live, but most pedestrians passed it by without a glance. Said a 49- year-old schoolteacher: "I've seen a lot of congresses. One more won't turn the world upside down." That cynicism, though, seems to be as outdated in Moscow as vodka-swigging parties. Said one elderly Muscovite: "It's good to have a nice young man like Gorbachev in charge." Indeed, the Soviet...