Word: smartly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ball was going in, and it was just a reflex," McLaughlin said. "But I don't know if it was too smart...
Soon after arriving there he meets Sera (Elisabeth Shue), a masochist who is perhaps not quite as smart and tough as she thinks she is, and thus obviously in line for a painful comeuppance. What could be more appealing to her than a relationship with the visibly doomed...
...young lawyer, as written by Albee, is consistently antagonistic and too intolerant of A's harmless prejudices. When A refers to "smart, little Jews" and black servants knowing their place, C sputters ridiculously, "I'm a Democrat!" This complete lack of understanding of the vagaries which accompany old age seems inappropriate in a 26-year-old. However, this hostility forms a good contrast to the hopeful young beauty of the second act. Christina Rouner gives a satisfactory performance, but she overplays both the toughness of the first act and the lightness of the second. Due to the flat tonality...
Critical for blacks and whites alike. "I think this may have been the largest family-values rally in the history of America," says Hugh Price, president of the National Urban League. "The proof will be whether it translates into action back home.'' The action will have to be smart and sustained to make any difference to the intertwined predicaments of prejudice and the lagging economic performance of blacks. Those facts are complicated now as never before by the economic squeeze on people of all races in America. It makes many whites more impatient with black demands and provides an opening...
...Turner is a major O.J. beneficiary. Thanks to the trial, the viewership at CNN surged--prompting an estimated $45 million windfall in ad revenues--just at the moment his company was angling to be sold to Time Warner, the parent of this magazine. The dealmakers were smart enough to realize that O.J. wasn't forever, but healthy revenues certainly added to Turner's allure. Already, Ted Turner has sent a $50 million finder's fee to Mike Milken, and the numbers suggest that Simpson deserves the same...