Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...next 60 years, the movies would shape and reflect the evolving form of this new woman. The smart working-girl heroines of '30s comedy ? Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, Rosalind...
Investors with less imposing assets can still take a shot at this high stakes venture. New York Agent Peggy Vandervoort has been putting together modest ($25,000 to $125,000 per share) horse-investment deals for years. Says she: "It's smart to pool your resources with a lot of other people. You can get in on eight or nine horses for the price of one." Every small-timer remembers that Triple Crown Winner Seattle Slew was bought by comparative newcomers for $17,500 and syndicated for $12 million. The Thoroughbred market of today, however, resembles the publishing industry...
...Martin Hillenbrand, director of the Atlantic Institute for International Affairs in Paris, was prepared during the past four years by a group of mostly academic contributors from the U.S., Western Europe and Japan. They included: Teruyasu Murakami, a senior consultant at the Nomura Research Institute in Japan; Ian Smart, a private British energy consultant; and Althea Duersten, a senior economist at the World Bank...
...atmosphere smothering the story lines of smart new science-fantasy movies? Is texture overwhelming the text? On the evidence of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner-and his previous thriller, the 1979 Alien-it would seem so. Says David Dryer, who helped supervise the special photographic effects of Blade Runner: "The environment in the film is almost a protagonist." He and other talented craftsmen are lavishing their imaginations on graphic design-on high-tech spaceships and déja vu futurism-and allowing the characters to wander through a labyrinthine narrative like lost dwarfs. Moviegoers seeking the smooth propulsion...
...include more women and "men who are genuinely feminists." The women's movement, vows Smeal, will become "a third force." Already NOW is raising upwards of $1 million a month, more than the Democratic National Committee. Says Sonia Johnson, one of the Illinois fasters: "We have gotten smart, and now we must get strong and get even...