Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...otherwise -- how to put this gently? -- a bowwow. Rose, we are to understand, is so desperate that she goes along with him, thinking that once they're married, his resistance to her will break down. "Richard LaGravenese is one of the few screenwriters left who can write smart dialogue for grownups to speak, but that skill only occasionally distracts from the desperation of his basic conceit," notes TIME's Richard Schickel. "Bridges is a terrific actor, but, putting it mildly, he's miscast in the Doris Day role. And Streisand is a terrific presence, but also a performer who never...
Working off an old (1955) film of the same title, writers Richard Price and Alexander Ignon have imagined this tough artisan of the deal (he built a major airline from scratch) confronting an equally smart and ruthless kidnapper (Gary Sinise) and his dangerously fractious gang. At stake: the life of Tom's cruelly abducted son. The ransom: $2 million. Tom's wife (Rene Russo), the FBI man in charge of the case (Delroy Lindo) and everybody else involved, with conventional wisdom at their command, recommend paying up. In 7 out of 10 cases, the G-man tells Tom, this leads...
...Small Repairs (Columbia), Colvin meets the Zeitgeist halfway. The harmonica, the assertive fuzz guitar, the typeface of the lyric sheet are all Morissettish. And if that cozens people to give her CD a necessary second listen, it will be a smart move for both Colvin and her new audience. What's crucial is that the voice hasn't changed; instead of Morissette's sandpaper, Colvin has a silky sound that she wears like sackcloth to suit her pretty dirges. These songs, most of which she wrote with her producer, John Leventhal, still have the swank and cutting edge of Colvin...
Though it will be difficult to out-smart Ken Bentsen, National Merit Scholar and University of Chicago grad Perry at least has the intellectual credentials to know what he's up against. With advice also from former boss Representative Jack Fields, Perry is pushing for a balanced-budget amendment and term limits. However, Perry now encounters more opposition within his own party since seven other Republicans have joined the race...
Project Vote Smart, a nonprofit and nonpartisan group based in Oregon, provides information about local and national candidates at 1-800-622-SMART (7627). Congressional Quarterly offers similar services at voter96.cqalert.com/cq_rate.htm