Word: tenderizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whether it does hold up or doesn't, I hope the next reviewer TIME picks for me doesn't bite the tender tip off my intent like toothsome Stevie Kanfer...
...retired blade runner, fed up with the brutality of killing human-type creatures, Ford takes the one last big job reluctantly. His path is littered by a Raymond Chandler-esque parodies. Ford, a natural descendent of Chandler's tough but tender-hearted heroes, runs into more than one beautiful killer between shoot-outs. In Blade Runner, however, the ladies' stone-cold hearts are usually a symptom of automation, which takes the edge off the romance. The monotone Sam Spade narration also becomes ridiculous and does little to characterize a hero who relies on frequent drunken debauches to reveal his emotional...
...Irish Mafia, named by Sander Vanocur, then NBC White House Correspondent, still controlled the heartbeat of J.F.K.'s three-year-old Administration. In Scammon's mellow hindsight, there is no doubt that the tough, pragmatic, but often tender and poetic, strains of the Kennedy stewardship reflected the political culture of the Boston Irish and the legacy of J.F.K.'s grandfather, Honey Fitz...
...promissory notes and other credits to acquire 100% of Cities Service. Meanwhile, however, Charles J. Waidelich, the company's chairman, had been trying to outflank Pickens with an offer to pay $17 per share for a 51% majority interest in Mesa. By last week, Cities Service had received tender offers of 41% of Mesa's stock. In an effort to scoop up the rest, Waidelich boosted his offer to $21 per share...
...British soldiers, who know perfectly well why they were sent there, have been given tender care by the Port San Carlos citizens while awaiting orders to move out. Falklanders are generous enough to offer the troops mutton broth, but are probably considerate enough not to offer them sheep's brains fritters, an island specialty and clearly an acquired taste. There was a widely distributed picture in Britain of Regimental Sergeant Major Laurie Ashbridge sipping from a mug of hot tea handed him by some smiling San Carlos women and children, shown leaning on a fence. When Ashbridge...