Word: wonderments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...splashed with celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. The President will hand out the sparklers, and the nation will gaudily salute the American dream. Reagan, master illusionist, is himself a kind of American dream. Looking at his genial, crinkly face prompts a sense of wonder: How does he pull...
...plot resembles the house, an outrageous, turreted wonder. Lenny MaGrath (Keaton) is the oldest sister, unmarried, moody, leery of men because of a "shrunken ovary." Meg (Lange), the flamboyant middle sister, is a minor- league cabaret singer whose recent employment has been in a dog-food company. Babe, the youngest, has that little problem with the husband she shot wisely but not well. Meg tells cheerful lies to Old Grandaddy and worries later that when he finds out the truth, he will lapse into a coma. Babe and Lenny laugh so hard at this that they can hardly spit...
What we've got to remember is that the point here is definitely not the plot--after all who recalls exactly what Beverly Hills Cop was about. All that counts here is the exchanges between Hines and Crystal wonderfully egged along by some excellent dialogue provided by Gary DeVore and Jimmy Huston. Contemplating a potential chemical transaction somewhere on the south side of Chicago, Hughes and Costanzo wonder whether or not to intercede when a 450SEL pulls up alongside a tenement building. Costanzo rebuts Hughes' worries about violating the probable cause rule, by saying, "In this neighborhood, a Mercedes...
...Justice, Rehnquist usually refused to budge from his perch on the far right edge of the court. "By and large he is consistent," says Law Professor Herman Schwartz of American University. "That's why I don't think he should be chief. I wonder about the choice of a man consistently on the fringes." But Columbia's Blasi contends, "Rehnquist is an excellent court infighter--certainly better than Burger and maybe even better than Earl Warren. He's an intensely political person. Some people see him sitting out there in his own world with his principles, but I think...
...bread so the customer doesn't bite through empty sides. That takes training." Nor can just anyone open a mouth wide enough to bite into one of those beefy extravaganzas. That takes training too, as does the capacity to ingest a complete sandwich at a single sitting. No wonder many customers take home uneaten halves for later meals...