Word: wide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Director James Foley (Reckless) wants to iconize the whole pathetic crowd with his wide-screen technique. The telephoto lens sets small-town streets ashiver; dramatic lighting illuminates a face from no earthly source. The two Brads share an idyllic toke of "wacky tobaccy," gazing out at the rolling Appalachian farmland. Brad Sr. sits at the center of a Last Supper tableau of thieves, looking like Jesus looking for Judas. Every overwrought gesture, every pregnant banality, every brutal killing is elongated to impress upon us the moment's importance and sick beauty. This fetishized attention to detail produces some gorgeous picturemaking...
...requests. Before permitting the use of the air bases, she insisted that the raid be justifiable as self-defense. She was shown what one aide said were "compelling" reports from U.S. and British intelligence that Gaddafi had ordered the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque and planned a wide range of other terrorist activities. She also demanded promises from Reagan that the U.S. warplanes would confine their attack to "clearly defined targets related to terrorism" and avoid widespread civilian casualties...
...Despite wide-ranging labor problems, including a variety of hiring and firing problems, Creative Gourmet's departure was not related to labor difficulties, according to administrators...
...report stated that the program hopes to "meet the growing demand in American society for men and women with such dual competency for a wide range of policy-making, managerial, and administrative positions in industry, government, and education...
After Angie Scussel poked a lead-off single, teammate Trisha Turcynzski pushed a bunt down the third base line. Harvard third baseman Lisa Rowning's wide throw rolled to right fielder Nancy Prior, backing up the play...