Word: wee
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Patched together in a furious week of back-room conferences between House and Senate subcommittees, the bill passed both chambers in the wee hours of Dec. 22. Few members even saw a copy of the legislation. "This blind voting is a sad commentary on the world's greatest deliberative body," lamented Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming. In the weeks since, as reporters, lobbyists and more than 200 budget analysts in the executive branch have dug into the budget pie, a number of surprises have come popping out. Complained Budget Director James Miller: "Some are the kinds of things...
...libertarians, meanwhile, continue to object that the commission's definition of indecency is distressingly vague. Most network and local station officials insist that their standard on what is permissible will not change because of the ruling. Still, it could open the way for more explicit radio conversation in the wee hours, more uncut movies on post-midnight TV, and perhaps even a few more naughty words sneaking by the censor on Late Night with David Letterman...
Children's TV, of course, is not an unredeemed junk pile. PBS and cable offer much quality fare. Most of the networks' Saturday-morning shows are gently inoffensive (The Smurfs, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies) and occasionally adventurous (Pee-wee's Playhouse). Some of the wit and imagination of pre-TV animation have even resurfaced this season in CBS's Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, from Filmmaker Ralph Bakshi...
...Never apologize, never explain." That ancient macho motto may be the only bit of traditional wisdom Scottish Filmmaker Bill Forsyth believes in. The glory of his wee pictures (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero) is the way people appear out of nowhere, disappear without warning, and never discuss their motives for doing either. In his world no one has heard of Freud, let alone a well-made screenplay. They are, however, well prepared for life's little surprises...
Game-winning goals in pee wee, high school and collegiate championship games are standards on Young's resume. Certainly, it's no coincidence that Young has done it all before, and he has the experience to continue his clutch, winning ways...