Word: shrivels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Blade Runner, like its setting, is a beautiful, deadly organism that devours life; and Ford, the cockily engaging Star Warrior of Raiders of the Lost Ark, allows his heroic stature to shrivel inside it. In comparison, Hauer's silver-haired superman is more human than human, and finally more complex than Ford's victimized flatfoot. Because of this imbalance of star roles, and because this drastically recut movie has a plot that proceeds by fits and stops, Blade Runner is likely to disappoint moviegoers hoping for sleek thrills and derring-do. But as a display terminal...
Board Member Greenspan warned, however, that the developing downturn could prove to be deeper and longer than expected if capital outlays by business begin to shrivel in the months ahead. So far, most spending plans by businessmen on new plants and equipment have not been shelved or scrapped, and companies are generally pushing ahead with investment programs. Yet Greenspan feared that any dramatic new shock to the economy, such as an unexpected bankruptcy of a major European bank, triggered by a Polish default on its loans, could easily lead to widespread cancellations of business spending plans. But Robert Triffin...
GSDers felt their architectural roots might shrivel and die in the well-carpeted K-School turf, while the hosts-to-be trembled at the thought of accommodating so many new lodgers. Much of this initial wariness disappeared after hours of conferences and committee meetings, but a good deal of caution remains. "Everybody doesn't agree with the move, but a vast majority feel this is the correct thing to do," says McCue. His counterpart, Allison, adds that "at first blush, our reaction was, 'Look, we're full up. We don't need this.' Later, everyone became persuaded of the logic...