Word: soft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hard to connect the author of this passage with the soft-spoken, philosophical man who came to Boston last week. Fast looks on the hardships of his life with a curiously detached perspective, pointing out very reasonably that they were important to his writing. In the Communist Party Fast once found an inspiring movement and struggle, a brave, historic fight for freedom. Even when he entered prison he went as a writer, a man whose purpose was to build up a store of experience. He told his wife at the time that it would be a shame for a writer...
...does not want to make Bobby Deerfield sound like heavy going. Director Pollack has almost flawlessly understated its case. The Europe through which his couple move is one of soft colors, handsome but not overawing. And in Al Pacino he has one of the few actors who can play narcissism without seeming to be a lummox, while Marthe Keller finds a steely spine in her characterization of what might have been your standard movie kook. She is vulnerable without being pathetic, compelling without being neurotic...
...works his way up from dry-goods clerk to successful lawyer. But Adler's faith in America is severely tested when he defends a young Jew accused of murder. The victim is a 14-year-old Christian girl, and the defendant is the plant manager of a new soft-drink firm that strongly resembles Coca-Cola in its formative years. Deep and violent prejudice shows itself as angry crowds clog Savannah streets during the trial. Here Kluger (author of last year's widely praised Simple Justice, an account of the Supreme Court's 1954 anti-segregation decision...
...linksmen all took more than their share of three putts yesterday because the soft greens had been trampled down, creating crowns around the cups. "The putts just kind of expired when they got up to the cup," Vik said, "it was like putting up a mountainside...
...STRAYS from protest to love, Paxton shows more of his soft side. At his most tender in "You're So Beautiful," Paxton calls his wife, "the loveliest women a man ever knew." Paxton runs the risk of using enough saccharine to kill a tubful of Canadian rats, but this sentimental ode at least provides a suitable contrast to Paxton's political commentary. "There Goes the Mountain," Paxton's plea for preservation of nature, also combines sweet and bitter in just the right proportions. Steve Goodman harmonizes as Paxton personifies the mountain, the "avalanche-maker, heaven's caretaker." Paxton stimulates nostalgia...