Word: spunk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...audience either was laughing or snickering. Danilo Radojevic was superb in his characterization of the male lead. He acted and danced, poked fun and tried to be serious without displaying any conscious effort or strain. In past years, Mikhail Baryshnikov has danced this part, but Radojevic added his own spunk and cleverness that equally compare to Baryshnikov's dazzling reputation...
...This is truly the first time that Princeton and Penn are coming in here and that we actually have a good chance of beating them," McLaughlin says with such spunk that it's hard not to believe him. "Up until now, they'd come in here and know they were better. Now, they don't know that anymore. It's all about equal...
...camera pans a busy Manhattan street, then zooms in on a pert brunette whose spunk and bright-eyed appeal tell us she is, well, That Girl. Still a role model for today's single woman, Marlo Thomas, 45, has grown up since her carefree days as the star of the popular 1960s television series. In The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck, a two-hour TV movie filmed in Chicago and Springfield, Ill., Thomas plays a divorced woman who is harassed by the police in their search for her fugitive lover, played by Kris Kristofferson, 47. Says Thomas...
...Harvard women's basketball team fought hard last night at Briggs Athletic Center. In one 15-minute stretch Boutilier added about 30 percent to her career total scoring. Freshman Gia Barressi shined both as a gutsy defender and as a guard with the spunk to drive successfully...
Nora as heroine is defenseless and lovable but tries our patience. She hasn't an ounce of spunk--an unfortunate deviation from the Gothic tradition. Asking for a joint bank account becomes a crisis of independence. After being robbed of her wedding ring and wristwatch, she wonders whether the event was unreal or surreal. Our sympathy for Nora is further lessened by Schwamm's emphasis on Nora's contradictory and oppressive wealth. It is hard to feel for the frenzy of the poor little rich girl when it is described in terms of "her pulse...beating against the hammered gold...