Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...John Lasseter, manages to charge two perfectly realistic desk lamps with the emotional intensity of a father-son relationship. When Luxo Jr. accidently bursts his bouncing ball, the film evokes sadness, compassion and remorse with nothing more than the wave of a lamp cord and the dip of a smooth, metallic head. "Reality is a convenient measure of complexity," says Smith. "But why be restricted to reality...
...Yale Law School graduate and smooth TV performer, Robertson is capable of giving a thoroughly reasoned admonition against the dangers of huge budget deficits, as he did last week in Iowa. But no matter what his topic, his speech is laced with religious allusions; he has a preacher's habit of stretching out words (free-dom, A-mer-i-ca) for emphasis. Though he smiles brightly and often, even when the smile is out of sync with the tone of his words, he taps what he describes as "a rage and frustration building up in - certain quarters of this country...
Such manuevers may have cleared the way for Bok's numerous successes and his smooth administrative style. He has seen the University through 15 years now, through a transformation that has left him as the institution's top official, as more of a successful CEO than the head of the society of educated men and women. With the appointment of a low-profile dean of the faculty, Bok has reaffirmed that he will stand conspicuously at the forefront of the University's accomplishments...
Last week Chirac ended the suspense: he replaced the heads of twelve large banks, insurance companies and industrial groups. These firms are among 65 that he hopes to sell to private investors. The Premier apparently believes that new management will help the companies make a smooth break with the state...
From parody to paradigm in less than two hours: it is a journey few movie heroes ever make. But then, few movies attempt to shift moods as radically as Nothing in Common does. Start with David Basner (Tom Hanks), prince of the yuppies, a man whose smooth rise in an ad agency is not allowed to interfere with his commitment to the uncommitted singles life. Then watch as his aged parents (Jackie Gleason and Eva Marie Saint) separate. The father loses his job and health just as the son is about to land a prize account. Now David must face...