Word: spunk
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...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...
...first of two 10 minute overtimes belonged to the Crimson. Six minutes in, Kelly Landry broke into the Princeton box, freezing the goalie. She then fed freshman Electa Sevier for the goal. "We tried to dig out and did a great job," said Coach Bob Salise. "We had the spunk and pizzaz to get the equalizer and the go-ahead...
...audience's worst expectations about sequels and gets his best laughs by not quite ful filling them. As Norman, Anthony Perkins is knowing, in on the joke, but decently wary about going too far. Meg Tilly, as his young friend, plays the reality principle with winning spunk. Given just a bit more style and drive, Psycho II might have entirely overcome its doubt less cynical origins. But even as it stands, it is a modest, surprisingly agreeable entertainment...