Word: wets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bryan Forbes, 59, is something of a ringer among amateurs: he has written several other books, including an autobiography. But he is better known for a nearly 40-year film career as a scenarist (Seance on a Wet Afternoon), actor (The League of Gentlemen) and director (The Wrong Box). Unlike many writers who are savvy about movies, Forbes does not produce sketchy treatments, prepackaged for adaptation; each of his works is carefully and densely detailed...
...already got more command than any pitcher I ever saw." Off the field, absently tapping his drums or vaguely thinking of marriage, Gooden is also the picture of control. Strawberry, the Met outfielder Gooden is no longer mistaken for, took a square look at his friend in his wet new hairdo this spring to see if $1.32 million wears any differently than $450,000 wore last season or $40,000 did the year before. It has bought a few more chains (to complement his golden smile), but also a new house for his parents. "I think it's just another...
...factual truth of this can be assessed by anyone who visits the Reynolds retrospective now running at London's Royal Academy. Reynolds' paintings have long since faded, mimicking his reputation. "Sir Sploshua," as others called him for his generous and Rubenesque handling of wet paint surfaces, had an imp of fakery lodged in his breast. He was determined to produce, for his clientele of the great, the tone and mellowed appearance of European seicento art. To this end he would whip up weird mayonnaises of wax, turps, asphaltum, eggs, resin and oil. "Varnished three times with different varnishes, and egged...
Winter is the wet season in Northern California, but this time the rain and snow just would not stop. For nine days a series of storms lashed the area and caused floods, mudslides and avalanches from the coast to Colorado. By the time the clouds began to part late last week, the area's wettest weather in more than 30 years had left at least 18 dead and forced nearly 35,000 people to flee their homes...
...Miami Vice linens) already know how to use the tyranny of style to ostracize poor Andie and Duckie (in their junk-punk-funk handmades), at base the picture is Love Finds Andie Walsh. And when Stanton must play a Judge Hardy on the skids, the psychodrama can get awfully wet. But within this familiar format, Hughes creates edge, surprise and romance. Blane and Andie's first chat, conducted on their school computer terminals, is a lovely '80s twist on meeting cute. Blane's snooty friend Steff (James Spader) could be a tired stereotype, but with his all-year...