Word: sourfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This decidedly common touch is in keeping with Director Brian Murray's sour vision. At the center of Blithe Spirit is a love triangle: smug, conventional Ruth Condomine (Ivey) is in love with her novelist husband Charles (Chamberlain); so is hoydenish Elvira (Danner), his late wife, whom Madame Arcati accidentally materializes; and all three of the Condomines are passionately in love with themselves. Most productions of Coward tend to be as glittery and brittle as spun glass. Murray brings the proceedings down to earth: these are not natural aristocrats but peasants with money and a veneer of polish, and when...
...staggering possibilities abound: chips sliced from white or sweet potatoes that could be thick or thin, ridged or smooth, and with or without salt and preservatives. They might be natural in flavor or seasoned with Cajun, Italian or barbecue spices, vinegar, jalapeno peppers, cheese alone or with bacon, sour cream (or yogurt) with onion (or chives). There is also a choice of half a dozen or so oils for frying, which can be done in mass- produced, factory-size quantities (approximately 2,500 lbs. an hour in the old-fashioned but newly popular kettle batches (500 lbs. an hour), which...
With Vic. Writer/director Charles Gormley follows the recipe of fellow Scotsman Bill Forsyth, whose warm, mild comedies Local Hero and Gregory's Girl have been well-received in the United States. His recipe: take a potentially meaty theme, don't overwork it and sour the comedy, add a bunch of offbeat characters and sprinkle in some quirky but subtle sight-gags and one-liners. Gently stir the mixture and simmer over low heat, and serve in a picturesque Scottish background...
...Nakasone's success has started to turn sour. Last week the L.D.P. suffered an embarrassing 64% to 30% defeat at the hands of the opposition Socialist Party in a special election to fill a Diet seat in a district long regarded as a ruling-party stronghold. A poll released last week by the daily Asahi Shimbun reported that support for Nakasone has dropped over the past three months from 39% to 25%. And in cities around the country, leftist unions have joined hands with conservative shopkeepers to braid hangmen's nooses that are used on effigies of the Prime Minister...
Dickie McEvoy, who shut out Cornell, 3-0, last Saturday and owns a 2.34 g.a.a. will get the call against Vermont. But he is likely to be overshadowed by Catamount goalie Draper, who after starting the season on a sour note (culminating in the 7-1 loss to Harvard) has recorded a 2.67 g.a.a. and a .916 save percentage in his last 12 games...