Word: spiced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eggnog is not without its spice or season. Lehrer's best lyrics are feats of compression; works like Masochism Tango ("You can raise welts like nobody else") or When You Are Old and Gray ("Say you'll love and trust me/ For I know you'll disgust me") have retained their piquancy. Surprisingly, it is Lehrer's melodies that show the fewest wrinkles, switching from exuberant marches to minor ballads with a fluency that went unnoticed in his postgraduate period. Gary Pearle and Mary Kyte's galvanic direction aids the songs when it whispers...
Halloween II has been photographed colorfully, the splatter effects are outasight and Carpenter has supplied a couple of key changes to spice up the old score. But what is particularly heartening is the purity of the writer and director's vision. This is a deliciously bold and uncompromising movie. It made me feel like a kid again...
...Greenfield, 58, on Actress Brooke Shields, 16. At the end of a four-day trial, Greenfield ruled that Brooke and her mother, Teri Shields, could not halt further publication of nude photographs of Brooke taken six years ago by Photographer Garry Gross. Published in a book called Sugar and Spice, the shots show Brooke standing demurely in a bathtub. The judge called Mama Teri "exploitative," and added: "You had a role in choosing her films. You chose Endless Love, not Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm...
...over his new advice column, syndicated to some 700 newspapers. Since he is also chairman of the House Select Committee on Aging, Congressman Pepper's "Lonely Heart's Club" banter will deal with the concerns of the elderly. But like any columnist worth his salt, Pepper will spice up matters with advice to the lovelorn. Asked one reader: "I am 74 years old, a widower, and am seriously considering marriage to a woman who is 68. We are curious to know whether a lot of people our age get married." His reply: "They sure do. In ,1977, there...
...Seoul National University: "To make the drive a success, the government must first build a society in which people can do business without seeking favoritism." Koreans, in fact, regard saba-saba as a ubiquitous national institution, as hard to do without as kimchi, the fiery pickled vegetables that spice their every meal...