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...mentioned two dreams. The second was sweeter in some ways, and not our fault (as the first dream was not our fault either) though the fact of living in any dream ususally, in the end, makes what we have of life too difficult to bear. The second dream was sex: that is, especially the entwinement of sex with marriage...
Weird Idea. The applause was sweeter still because so many people had expressed doubts for so long. Slight and bashful, Lucas hardly fits the image of the Hollywood director, and he had made only two pictures before: THX 1138 and American Graffiti. Though the latter became the eleventh highest grosser of all time, Universal, the studio that financed it, believed that Lucas had gone, well, too far out when he handed in a twelve-page outline for Star Wars in 1973. "I've always been an outsider to the Hollywood types," he explains. "They think I do weirdo films...
...rest of the company is good, too. And they complement each other nicely: cute and blond Paul Redford with peachfuzz, big and sympathetic David Reiffel with a mustache, socially advanced Sarah McClusky, sweeter and softer Eliza Hale and socially unadvanced Jackie Osherow combine with Emerson's sly clowning in a smooth blend...
Another promising prospect was discovered by U.S. Agriculture Department scientists: a supersweet calorie-less substance (a thousand times sweeter than sugar) made from an extract of grapefruit rinds. At the University of Pennsylvania, researchers have isolated powerful protein sweeteners from tropical berries. Yet until such substances are tested, approved and come to market, Americans will have to accommodate to a new reality: that life may quite literally no longer be as sweet...
...slave tutor, and a clutch of familiar TV veterans, humbled its network rivals in a week-long domination of the Nielsen ratings. Had ABC gambled even more by delaying the show until the start of the so-called sweep week on Jan. 31, the triumph would have been even sweeter. During those periods, ratings services measure the audiences of local stations, and the networks often air their strongest shows then to boost affiliate ad rates...