Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time for a smooth transition to the post-Iacocca era may finally have come. Chrysler directors chose Eaton during a 12-hour weekend showdown in which they apparently called the chairman on his two-year-old promise to step down. The compromise deal, which muscled aside Chrysler's respected president, Robert Lutz, brought Eaton into the company as vice chairman and chief operating officer. If all goes as planned, he will succeed Iacocca as chairman and chief executive when the latter retires Dec. 31. Iacocca, who had sought to stay on as chairman past that date, will take the lesser...
...protean treatment by Iacocca of his own proteges hardly inspires confidence that the road will be smooth. The consummate car guy has repeatedly extended and withdrawn his favor since 1978, when he arrived at Chrysler from Ford following his own bitter ouster by Henry Ford II. The first heir apparent was Harold Sperlich, who preceded Iacocca from Ford and developed the K-car line of compact autos that kept Chrysler alive in the early 1980s. Then came financial wizard Gerald Greenwald, also from Ford, in 1979. As Sperlich faded, Greenwald rose to become vice chairman. Just as he was approaching...
...have to search far afield from Brooks before you glimpse the ghost of Hank Williams -- but it is insinuating. Even when it's tackling a fairly serious subject like domestic violence, as in The Thunder Rolls, it sounds . . . well, nice. Maybe not entirely appropriate, but it sure goes down smooth...
...composed entirely of Freudian slips. The prissy Jane (Jane Sperling) and her luggish fiancee Dink (Ron Weiner) coo at each other about becoming "moan and woof" and their upcoming "hiney-moon" in "A Frantic City." Jane must reject her "old toy-friend" Jerry, played by the slouching, smooth-talking Brent Johnstone, as must Dink shun the advances of Pam Shores' provocative Alas, before the couple can properly appreciate "encaged" life...
Canosa has cast his characters well. It is in their smooth interaction and inspiring coordination that the play builds up momentum and exudes the spontainety of improvisational theatre...