Word: smacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...style, caroling that "Every sperm is sacred." But the addition of an explicit theme quiets the ridiculous proceedings somewhat, leading the film to a previously avoided mass-appeal glossiness. Distributed through Universal Pictures, Meaning of Life is the first Python film wholly backed by a major concern and released smack into the American commercial mainstream. The difference, which shows subtly in the film's professional polish, in its tilt towards topical satire and identifiable allusion, is not altogether encouraging...
Down swooped the gleaming Boeing 707 and out popped a coatless Prince Charles, a cool Princess of Wales and a romper-suited Prince William, blinking in the early-morning sunshine. The visitors had landed in Alice Springs, smack in the heart of the desolate Australian outback. From there, nine-month-old William was flown off to Woomargama, a comfy 4,000-acre ranch, where he will rest while his parents glide through their 25,000-mile, six-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, returning nine times to check up on their son and recuperate. Their first stop: Room...
...novel's reference to Harvard events appear equally self-conscious. Each professor is a "great," each incident a "milestone." Some allusions, such as the thinly veiled representation of an actual incident involving two drug distributing psychology professors, are intriguing; others merely smack of Harvard "vanitas." Consider Sarah's revelations-or hallucinations-in the field of chemical engineering...
...Queen continued, turning to the matter of the Falklands war, "The support of your Government and of the American people touched us deeply and demonstrated to the world that our close relationship is based on our shared commitments to the same values." The Queen ordinarily avoids public statements that smack at all of politics. Expressing gratitude to an old ally suddenly seemed a major purpose of her visit...
...forced all parties to acknowledge the validity of these principles, an extraordinary act of leadership. The debate is on his chosen ground. The heated national arguments arose not over directions but on the timing and size of budget cuts for domestic programs and increases for weapons. Then Reagan ran smack into the oldest rule of Government: solving one problem begets another. Inflation went down, unemployment went up. The election results reflect a case of public shivers, a fear that Reagan is going to cure us if he has to kill...