Word: wising
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...almost too much old gold going for it: strands of The Miracle Worker, Fail Safe, The Elephant Man, Top Gun and the collected works of Steven Spielberg. Like E.T., this is the story of a childlike alien and his lonely human friend who must protect the creature, like a wise father with a brilliant, battered child, and then set it free. But Writers Stanley Weiser and Lawrence Lasker (WarGames) resist nearly every temptation to truckle, and Director Jonathan Kaplan (Heart Like a Wheel) finds each scene's emotional core while surrounding it with meticulous technique. But the film is Broderick...
...total basic care. They are a kind of one-stop body shop where women can receive a gynecological exam or mammogram; treatment for premenstrual syndrome or osteoporosis; advice on nutrition, weight loss and cosmetic surgery; even counseling for psychological problems. "We have head-to-toe health care," exults Penny Wise Budoff, a family practitioner (and the best-selling author of No More Hot Flashes and Other Good News). Her clinic in Bethpage, N.Y., a former Howard Johnson's restaurant painted lilac with yellow columns, has a staff of 13 doctors with a full range of specialties. "We're like...
Rutger Fury, the former national political correspondent for the National Enquirer and a close personal friend of Jeffrey J. Wise, will be the track announcer for today's Kentucky Derby...
...Hitting-wise, we're looking smooth," Pakalnis continued. "We just haven't been getting the run production. I hope we break on this weekend...
...Pitching-wise, we have everybody available [this weekend]," Pakalnis said. "We're hoping to get good starts from our pitchers like last weekend...