Word: suits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gets exclusive delivery privileges of the film's choicest lines, as written by dialogue director Michel Audiard. When Mammi catches Pappi taking a peek at Playboy, she remonstrates, "Pappi! Don't do that, honey. You shall give yourself nightmares. Please! Be sensible!". When she has to wear a business suit, she complains, "I hate flat shoes! I absolutly hate flat shoes! How can anybody ever keep their balance in these damn things!". Funny dialogue is great, but gestures and expression make Serrault's performance really memorable; when she gets frisked by a policeman, she frisks back...
When former assistant professor of sociology Theda R. Skocpol decided to accept a tenure offer from Harvard last December, it marked the end of a controversy that included the filing of a sex discrimination suit and spanned five years and three universities...
...lawyers take on a case for a sizable share (often one-third) of any settlement or court award. Doctors grumble that such fees encourage lawyers to press for outrageous judgments as a way of fattening their own take. But without contingency agreements, lawyers counter, only the wealthy could bring suit...
...developer of no-fault auto insurance, has proposed a system that would allow a doctor to pay for a victim's economic losses in exchange for being free of further liability. A 1985 Illinois law provides for pretrial panels to rule on the merits of a proposed malpractice suit; the state supreme court is expected to rule this year on whether the panels are constitutional...
...glowing Capitol dome, trench-coated TV stars, champagne and prime television time. When Les Brown's annual State of the World report was launched one morning last week, the stage props included a glass of grapefruit juice, a bowl of All Bran and a banana, a worn corduroy suit with an outlandish bow tie, and a solitary walk on snow- soaked Hush Puppies down Washington's 19th Street to the offices of Worldwatch Institute. Nary a TV anchorman found his way to the proceedings...