Word: synching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lamour's English is heavily accented, and others in the cast can barely function in English. That doesn't matter: even in the French version, the actors do not speak. They just pantomime and lip-synch to a portentous voice- over narration that calls to mind Alexander Scourby somberly narrating some war documentary. This technique enabled the show to be imported intact, and will permit performances in Spanish in Mexico City and seven U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations...
...dolphins break away from their trainers and submerge in the 6-ft.-deep water, where they can be seen circling until they begin to swim in tandem. Once they are in synch, the animals leap into the air and simultaneously spit out jets of water before plunging back into the pool. The trainers flash huge smiles at their flippered pupils and applaud wildly. The animals also seem delighted and squeak with pleasure...
Still, he picked up eight points and seven assists while controlling a Crimson team which seemed surprisingly in-synch for the first game of the season...
...crisis and ordered new hand-painted china inscribed "Nancy" the minute she moved in. George Bush got most of the symbols right, except for the pork rinds and country music. Like not inhaling, those proclivities, even if genuine, should have been kept secret because they are too out of synch with what is already known for ready acceptance. Atmospherics count. So here are a few things for Bill Clinton to keep in mind...
...Lloyd Bentsen: The Texan, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, wants the post, but Clinton may conclude he can better help by staying put. "He'd send the same signals as Volcker," says a Clinton adviser, "but we haven't worked with him and he may be out of synch with what we want...