Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...laser, was more than a glimmer in the mind of some scientist. The miner, with somewhat less foresight, set sail a few weeks later on, you guessed it, see the pieces beginning to fall into place, the Titanic. Pretty good plot, huh? If you've ever seen Get Smart, imagine what Don Adams could do with a few million for special effects...
...museum scene, for instance, Angie Dickenson sits alone on a bench, looking at a large billboard-flat painting by Alex Katz--a portrait of a woman, a hand raised to her eyes, staring off into the distance. Dickenson shares with the woman in the painting an air of smart, spoiled boredom, a look of vacuity. DePalma dramatically cuts between shots of the painting and low-angle close-ups of Dickenson. Her mouth tremors; her eyes, embedded in square sockets of blue eye-shadow, widen as if receiving a communication of great profundity. The music swoons, surgest she scratches...
...over 25; to them, it sounds like a fine idea. And to most of the population, not scratched deeply enough by the prospect of registration to make them remember, it doesn't sound so bad. But to the people affected, young men and their parents, and young women smart enough to realize it won't be so long until, registration is an immensely larger issue...
...Republicans gathered for the national convention in the Motor City is unswerving conservatism. Sensing a coast-to-coast crystallization of right-wing thought, GOP delegates seek to ride the tide to the Oval Office. While the rarified atmosphere of a convention can blur vision, it appears that today's smart money is on Ronald Reagan to win the presidential sweepstakes...
Despite the embarrassment of being pushed into the position of voting against a tax cut, the Democrats are not without their own resources, of course. Since they control Congress, they can control what legislation comes before it. Said one rather cynical Democratic Congressman: "Carter would be smart to out-promise Reagan. Politically, the popular thing to do is to promise a tax cut and not deliver...