Word: tepid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ooze as Pete sings a medley of "Blue Suede Shoes/Devil with the Blue Dress/crazy on you," trying to span three decades but making no sense. Why these songs? Why have all the other characters lip-synch or listen to original recordings, but now inject a studio band's tepid interpretation...
...migraine" while painting it; others were even less kind. The Royal Family evidently did not concur, for they agreed to have Organ do the first official portrait of Prince Charles, 32. The completed work was hung in the National Portrait Gallery earlier this month, and reaction was tepid. Said one critic: "No one could possibly enthuse about it." What did enthuse just about everyone, however, was the latest chapter in another royal matter-whether Charlie will finally settle down and wed the fair Lady Diana Spencer, 19. Last week's installment was a Daily Mirror centerfold that reported...
Faye Dunaway, the Evita of this four-hour TV movie, has the cool, carnivorous intelligence needed to play a dictator's doxy. When the material is tepid, she puts a fire under it to make it percolate. When given a strong scene, like the dying Evita's farewell radio address, she can key several moods - weariness, coquetry, defiance - while providing the scene with a swift climactic kick. But Writer Ronald Harwood and Director Marvin Chomsky allow too much of Evita Perón to glide by on casters; and James Farentino, as Perón, looks and acts...
Fiesta Bowl, December 26, at Tempe, Ariz: A pair of not-quites line up in tepid Tempe, 9-2 Ohio State and 9-2 Penn State. Earl Bruce's Buckeyes, led by signal-caller Art Schlichter, did not live up to pre-season expectations. Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions (love that nickname) fell to archrival Pittsburgh, spoiling an otherwise superlative schedule against a slew of talented teams. Both sides can salvage up a little bit of pride. Truthfully, they'd rather be in Pasadena and New Orleans. Ohio State 32, Penn State...
When the six were first abducted, the junta held true to its tepid style: it issued a perfunctory communiqué urging the terrorists to respect human rights, and did little else. After the bodies were found, the FDR reacted more angrily. From a haven in Mexico City it accused the junta of backing the killings as part of a "genocide policy." The murders seemed certain to provoke even more bloodletting as leftists exacted retribution. Said a U.S. diplomat in San Salvador: "I can't think of anything that could make this situation worse." The extermination of the left...