Word: sharpe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nice to.") In this new world the chief hood (played by a corpulent Eugene Roche) runs a hot vehicles and appliances operation--that is to say, he's a couple of legalities removed from a used car salesman. He has neither taste nor an eye for sharp clothes; his favorite seems to be a terry-cloth jumpsuit. And where the old racketeers had bodyguards with pug noses and club-steak ears, this fellow hires a turtleneck-wearing glamour boy (John Considine) who might just as well be Lyle Waggoner. What's more, these contemporary villains have lost all sense...
...controversy was prompted earlier this year by a series of sharp criticisms by the Carter Administration on Soviet and Czechoslovak treatment of dissidents...
Bankruptcy Pain. Though such services do enable debtors to clear up their bills, the process is very far from painless. Delinquent debtors suffer a sharp reduction in their standard of living and a shame so severe that many do not want their names used. An example is an Atlanta father of four who is struggling to pay off a debt of $23,700, most of which he charged while he had a $20,000-a-year job in the marketing division of Lockheed. Laid off in 1972, he now earns $12,000 annually in the management training division of Georgia...
Such proposals can cause sharp conflict between presidents and athletics directors. Many coaches, especially at football powerhouses, remain intent on recruiting top athletes at any cost. Some argue too that restrictions on scholarships would lead to cheating. The first major showdown came at last month's meeting of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which operates as an almost autonomous association of college athletics directors and coaches. More than 60 presidents showed up (only two or three came in 1975), and many argued for "need-based" aid as a cost-cutting measure, but the proposal was soundly defeated...
...revelation of the most simple thing: gesture, subsumed by rhythm, becomes dance. Dean makes use of a steady pulse to cohere a broad range of movement qualities, sharp and sustained, weighty and light, and movement styles--ballet and tap are two she uses...