Word: watching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...executive secretary and played a major role in getting legislation passed. Jordan was the first to urge Carter to run for President, and he mapped out the campaign; it is said that he is already planning the 1980 campaign. "The chemistry between the two is unbelievable to watch," says former Democratic Party Chairman Robert Strauss...
...skulking about their neighborhood, waiting to break into their homes. A quarter of the children are afraid that they will be attacked when they go outside-with some justification, since more than 40% have been harassed by older kids or adults while playing. Children addicted to television (those who watch four or more hours daily) are twice as likely to be fearful; nearly 25% of all the children are frightened by TV "shoot 'em ups" and other violent programs...
...struggle day and night with heavy chains and power-driven winches to shove 90-ft.-long pieces of drill pipe into the narrow hole. During the twelve hours off, the roustabouts spend most of their time sleeping, although they can also fish for baby sharks and sand trout or watch the latest porno movie on closed-circuit television. After each 84-hour work week, the crew is ferried to shore for a week's vacation. Pay for a novice can reach $10,000 for six months...
...watch out for falling rocks next year, fans...
...delicate, necessary dynamic. Indeed, most directors opt for one of the goals--usually that of producing an entertaining film--and address the other two only cursorily, if at all; while entertaining, the results of such efforts are little more than loosely-based fictional treatments. Diana Ross was wonderful to watch and hear in Lady Sings the Blues, but the character bore only a slight resemblance to Billie Holliday. And the makers of Night and Day indulged in a luxurious piece of miscasting when they selected strapping sex symbol Cary Grant to star as a wimpish, homosexual composer named Cole Porter...