Word: statics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also a problem with Jagged Edge as a whole. Not only does it abound with stylized, stock characters, but with a profusion of pointed, heavily emphasized pauses and gratingly poignant moments when the characters exchange glances. But whatever the reason, this lack of artistic daring makes the film often static and heavy-handed where it could be spontaneously dramatic...
...these benefits available to them, mostly because U.S. policy has denied it. The hard currency will eventually dry up. Trade doesn't occur now, and no one knows if it ever will. But there has never been any sort of attack from either side, and given this static situation, it is difficult to show that the Cubans are being hurt by the American presence...
...apparent hard line. "If he means what he says," said Paul Warnke, Jimmy Carter's arms-control negotiator, "it puts an end to arms-control prospects." But there was some room for maneuvering. Though Reagan "spoke from the heart," said one White House aide, "this thing is not static. It could change between now and November...
...press conference the day of the rally. Mimicking Mondale rallies, the organizers offered hundreds of "special" passes which would entitle the lucky holders to "greet" Jackson. They set up "risers" for TV cameras and cordoned off special press areas. Throughout the event the organizers, sometimes screaming through the static, attempted to communicate with highly sophisticated walkietalkies...
...main talk of the show, though, was about static heading across the airwaves for satellite-dish owners. Cable-system operators, like Tele- Communications Inc., are upset that the backyard stations are receiving for free what subscribers pay monthly fees to view. Pay-cable channels, including Time Inc.'s Home Box Office and Viacom's Showtime, are also miffed. Whereas cable subscribers pay extra monthly fees for these movie and special-events channels, dish owners can bypass cable and receive them free of charge...