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...longtime heir apparent at Disney was Ron Miller, Walt's shy but well- meaning son-in-law, who was made chief executive in 1983. Miller gamely tried to push the company out of Walt's shadow, primarily by starting Touchstone Pictures to enable Disney to produce adult fare without compromising the company's image. In 1984 the Touchstone label produced Disney's first hit in more than a decade, Splash, in which Daryl Hannah played a frisky mermaid. But by then the company's profits and stock price were already plunging. The same day that Disney released the film...
...comic character, a dark and serious American comic character, like someone out of Twain. Comic in the Checkers speech. Comic in the "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore" farewell following his defeat in the California gubernatorial election in 1962. In the clownish 5 o'clock shadow of the first Nixon-Kennedy television debate. In the "I am not a crook" protest. Lighting fires in the White House fireplace in the middle of summer. Kneeling with Henry Kissinger in prayer. Phone calls to Woody Hayes. Bebe Rebozo. Robert Abplanalp. Comic names, madcap circumstances. The man who exalted...
...best part of this play is the set, designed by Bill Clarke. Its stark cubelike structure, with a sloping floor forming a receding perspective, is complemented by a modern modular design. It could be a television set but it also has elements of a Japanese shadow box or a puppet...
...disappointed to miss that race against Washington," stroke John Amory said, "since I'm a Seattle native. It also cast a shadow over the tournament for me because we didn't have to deal with the same level of fatigue as the other crews...
...allow a preacher of the Gospel, when he is caught beyond the shadow of a doubt committing an immoral act . . . to remain in his position as pastor (or whatever), would be the most gross stupidity." Under the rules of the Assemblies of God, such a sinner must be suspended from preaching for one year and put on probation for a second year, or else there is a danger that the "whole church will be destroyed...