Word: stern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...studied 19th century American architecture and had his carpenters build an American-style window. Mississippi steamboats were also in short supply, so Govorukhin instructed his carpenters to construct a replica, atop a barge, replete with lacy white railings, two smoking black chimneys and an American flag flapping at the stern...
...here they sit, just past college age, at the crossroads between Now and Nowhere, waiting for answers to their two big questions: Marriage or not? And then what? Shrevie (Daniel Stern) is already married, to a girl who tries desperately to comprehend his passion for music and his rage for order-"How could you file my James Brown record under J?" Eddie (Steve Guttenberg) is ready to get married, with few qualms and one small condition: that his fiancee pass the world's toughest football quiz. Boogie (Mickey Rourke) will never be married: he has too much fun playing...
...film is wonderfully cast and played, right down to the bit player (Ralph Tabakin) who shops suspiciously for a TV set: "I saw Bananzo and it was not for me. The Ponderosa looked faked." Stern and Bacon have refreshingly un-movie faces-the one sweet-souled and long-nosed, the other feral, cheeky and forthrightly Irish-fronting outsize talents. But the prize in this gallery is Mickey Rourke, who made a strong impression in Body Heat and assumes command of Diner whenever he is onscreen. With a face as handsome as it is streetwise, and a smile that manages...
...another area, the Harvard Lawyers' Guild, a broad-ranging progressive legal organization, has increased its membership from 10 to 100 in the past two years, according to Thomas M. Stern, a member of the Guild's steering committee. Although only about half of the Guild's members are active. Stern says. "Two years ago. I wouldn't have believed it could have happened at the Law School...
They cannot understand women, cannot communicate with them. Their dates are elaborate games in which bets are placed as to how far the action will go, and which provide grist for a good week of boasting. Even the one member of the group who is married, Shrevie (Daniel Stern), eventually tells a friend that marriage is "all right," but that he honestly can't hold a conversation with his wife for more than five minutes...