Word: sourfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thatcher's only sour moment came on Wednesday, when the new Parliament elected a Speaker of the House. The Prime Minister had privately made it known she wanted the post to go to Humphrey Atkins, an old friend who had resigned as Deputy Foreign Secretary last year. It was equally clear that she did not favor Deputy Speaker Bernard Weatherill. The M.P.s, incensed that the Prime Minister was meddling in a decision that was theirs alone, chose Weatherill. Thatcher, however, had scant time to mull over the slight: she turned to preparing the Queen's speech, which will...
...preeminence of hamburgers in the Square, it's Chinese best, clearly the best of the possible international fare. Actually, the Oriental cuisine is rather workman like compared to some of the more trendy Boston emporiums But most are relatively cheap and the moo-shi pork and sweet and sour soup provide constant solace in the onslaught of halibut cheese and jello...
This is still Superman, of course, who is no more subject to mid-life crises than he is to dandruff. If he is made to turn sour, there must be a reason. Enter a triad of villains-Megamogul Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn), his ugly, scheming sister Vera (Annie Ross) and his "psychic nutritionist," the alluring Lorelei Ambrosia (Pamela Stephenson)-and one nebbishy computer genius gone astray. His name is Gus Gorman, and since he is played by Richard Pryor, two things are certain: Gus will be on Superman's side in time for the climax, and the film will...
...soap bubble that Miller vows will be his last is his current production of The School for Scandal at Harvard's American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's sour 1777 comedy about the fragility of reputation provides an apt farewell for a man who complains of subjecting his most intimate labors to the casual scrutiny of others. Says Miller: "It is about the extent to which we exist only by being invented, torn down and reinvented by other people...
...huge growth of the '60s and '70s is not on the horizon." One reason is that baby boomers, who bought many more records than their parents, are now getting into their 30s and buying fewer records. But music executives do not want to think about those sour trends. For now, they want to sit back and listen to the sweet music those megahits are making...