Word: spoiling
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...tearful Mama is "You're a funny lady, Ma." Larry did not need New York to corrupt him; detachment and glib posturing must have come easily to him even before he bought his first authentic-looking French beret. Still, the image would be all right if Mazursky did not spoil the effect by having his mother reply, "My life has not been very funny." Something lurks beneath this array of facades, but Mazursky will never let us see what is there...
Mollenhoff is a dexterous craftsman, but sometimes the progression of the book is lost in a flood of details which encumber the reader and threaten to spoil the clarity of the author's argument. The presence of numerous passages from old Des Moines Register issues leaves one with the suspicion that Mollenhoff enjoys pulling old columns from his scrapbook every so often in search of a good quote. The pace slackens especially during the last third of the narrative, where the morass of Watergate-related comings and goings leaves the reader with a "deja vu" feeling; a wish to escape...
...front four on defense are three of the most mobile linebackers in the league: eleven-year Veteran Russell on the right side, lanky Jack Lambert in the middle, and hard-hitting Jack Ham on the left. Behind them are four defensive backs with the speed and experience to spoil most passing patterns...
...such question: should the federal government encourage resorts that use up huge amounts of energy and spoil remaining forest and park lands? In its EIS, the Forest Service claimed that failure to develop Mineral King could leave as much as one-third of the 1985-86 Southern California skier demand unaccomodated. (Subsequent public comment showed that this statistic had been computed incorrectly). It is at best questionable whether a country trying to cut energy consumption should feel obliged to meet a demand for skiing with a resort that draws 22 million kilowatts per year, or about 40,000 barrels...
...that New York's threatened bankruptcy is sending through national financial markets. Says Associate Editor Frank Merrick, who catalogued the effects on other cities trying to borrow in order to meet expenses: "There's a virtual fruit basket of problems. The rot of the Big Apple could spoil a whole bunch of cities." From Washington, Correspondents David Beckwith and John Stacks cabled reports on the debate over extending federal aid, while Reporter-Researchers Allan Hill and Marta Dorion combed the dense and often deceptive budgetary studies that measure the city's economic plight. Senior Editor Marshall Loeb...