Word: warrens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sinking to the lowest common denominator that made 10 a box-office success. Edwards stages one nightclub scene starring Norma (Lesley Ann Warren). King's old girlfriend a Chicago chorus girl with a Brooklyn accent. Singing a paean to the Windy City. Norma struts her stuff and the camera zooms in close enough to count hairs. Slapstick routines, the inevitable waiter with a large cream pie, also form a backdrop for the main action. A few yuks fall flat but most of the jokes sustain a low chuckle coming from the audience...
...ruled otherwise. Because MacDonald's appeals have caused most of the delay since 1975, the key period for the court was the more than four-year stretch between the Army's dismissal of charges and the grand jury's action. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Warren Burger held that no "right to a speedy trial arises until charges are pending." When the first charges were dropped, the clock, in effect, stopped ticking. During the interim, said Burger, MacDonald suffered no loss of liberty: "He was free to go about his affairs, to practice his profession...
Much the same might be said about the evening's other surprise winner, Chariots of Fire. Named the year's best picture over such rivals as Warren Beatty's epic Reds and Louis Malle's fascinating Atlantic City, Chariots was also a sentimental favorite, an exhilarating tale of two British runners in the 1924 Olympics. Though Beatty won the award for Best Director, the night clearly belonged to the little, inexpensive movies and, most particularly, to On Golden Pond...
Harvard's Warren Grossman (number three) and Alex Sever (number four) put up more resistance against their Tiger opponents, each extending their match to three sets before succumbing...
...most selective colleges have greater leeway to emphasize personal qualities than schools that admit most of their applicants, the study's co-author and ETS researcher Warren H. Willingham said...