Word: twist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President repeated his earlier argument that some unidentified people were hiding antireligious sentiments behind that constitutional wall. Said he: "I can't think of anyone who favors the Government establishing a religion in this country. I know I don't. But what some would do is to twist the concept of freedom of religion to mean 'freedom against religion.'" That muddied the waters again, since it was by no means clear just how freedom causes religious problems that Government should redress: the usual reading of the First Amendment is that Government and the President are supposed...
...cons are opponents of big-Big Government, Big Business, Big Labor. This is populism with a twist: the original agrarian populists of the late 19th century wanted Government to protect them from the railroads and the bankers of Wall Street. To the pop-cons, Big Government is the principal enemy...
...James Fox, Judy (My Brilliant Career) Davis, Indian Actor Victor Banerjee and, of course, Sir Alec Guinness. Guinness's career has been entwined with Lean's since the 1940s, when he was featured in the director's memorable adaptations of Dickens' Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. "Alec is a great man," is Snowdon's simple judgment. "The great ones have impeccable manners. They arrive on time; they speak to everyone. It's the other kind who are rude. You find that the crew will quickly sort people...
Adapting the 1977 French movie Pardon Man Affaire to his own rubber-faced disciplines, Writer-Director Wilder has fashioned an ironic, worldly, yet sternly moral comedy that gives an energizing twist to every farcical convention and finds the perfect timing for every rubber-faced reaction to calamity. Judith Ivey as a wife whose dimness is perfectly shaded, Gilda Radner as an angry romantic, and Charles Grodin as a secretive goof all follow their leader's spirit. The result is the summer's first comedy for adults. May they respond profitably to so rare a gift. -By Richard Schickel...
Rice, at least, is on track with his pretty, witty Blondel (rhymes with fondle), a fable constructed on the life of a minstrel (Paul Nicholas) in the court of King Richard I. With the twist of a political metaphor, the Lionheart turns into today's "Iron Lady" of 10 Downing Street. And in case there is any mistaking the satire, King Richard sings a brief ditty on the virtues of self-reliance whose 16 lines begin with the letters M-A-R-G-A-R-E-T THATCHER. But if the show has an angry bark, it is also...