Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whatever its other merits, a movie thriller cannot go anywhere without an exciting story. This may seem an obvious point, but somehow it is lost on Hollywood's more headstrong producers. Two years ago, Robert Evans unveiled Marathon Man, a showy production that hopped all over the world without ever arriving at a credible or coherent plot development. Not to be outdone, Producer Jon Peters has now brought forth Eyes of Laura Mars. Like Marathon Man, this film is long on trendy settings, high-priced actors and vicious murders, but devoid of narrative thrills. Peters is betting-incorrectly-that...
...taken their summer vacation in Alaska, they were tempted by the new low airline fares. Says Bob, an engineer, "We made our reservations 30 days early, we flew night Super Saver and we figure the four of us saved $259 off the regular fare." He adds: "This year we seem to be flying more miles than we are driving...
Compared with the revolutionary jets of the late 1950s and the awesome jumbos of the early 1970s, the third generation of the early 1980s will seem to bring only evolutionary change. The new planes will not be longer, larger or sleeker than today's jumbos but somewhat shorter, smaller and squatter. They will be quieter, less fuel-thirsty, more automated and efficient to operate...
Strong feelings and forensics to match are commonplace when names are at stake-and they seem to be at stake all the time and all over the place in the U.S. The necessity of naming 3 million babies a year is only one source of nameless stress. Americans continually leap into flaps and furors over the naming and renaming of things and places. It amounts to a national obsession, or craze, or fascination, or mania-name it what you will-and it seems to be getting livelier all the time...
Both groups seem to have benefited. Each program participant has had about seven job interviews, and offers are already coming in. "They are strong person- alities with leadership qualities," observes William Machever of Sun Chemical. "This kind of wasted talent is a disaster for the United States." Adds Morton Darrow of the Prudential Insurance Co., "A corporation today needs people with a greater sensitivity to the world...