Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just about is. Reds is a big, smart movie, vastly ambitious and entertaining, full of belief in Reed and in the ability of a popular audience to respond to him. It combines the majestic sweep of Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago-David Lean and Robert Bolt's mature and exhilarating epics-with the rueful comedy and historical fatalism of Citizen Kane. Resisting the megalomania that attends the making of blockbusters, Beatty plays it not safe but careful, stocking the movie with ingratiating motifs: Christmas trees, old songs, dogs, hats, chandeliers, white lilies, waiting taxis and one adorably solemn...
...number-one spot this fall and will inherit the number-one position when Desaulniers leaves school at the end of the semester. Though the Yardling is far from physically over-whelming, opponents will find few holes in his game and fewer in his head: he plays a smart game...
...account transfers when clients bought stock on margin, and he supervised the handling of the firm's stock certificates and cash. Massa, though, denies any knowledge of wrongdoing. Said he: "I didn't know what he was doing over there. Apparently Brimberry's a very smart guy and has the ability to take people...
...evening is studded with exemplary performances. Lonny Price brings an agonizing honesty and the humorous, woebegone mien of Woody Allen to the role of Franklin's lyric-writing collaborator. Ann Morrison is perky and personable as an alcoholic film critic who relives her younger self as a smart, surging novelist...
...recent full-tilt scrimmage, Ferry went 13-for-18 from the floor, and, as McLaughlin says, "he's a very smart player. He's a good open shooter but he also takes the ball to the basket...