Word: slightest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Robinson does, it's easy to understand why "Vinnie" (whose name, not coincidentally, is reminiscent of Eliot's wife Vivien) leaves Edward. Phlegmatic, apathetic, even dull, Robinson's Edward embodies an extreme lack of emotion. At first, this seems reasonable, but when Robinson fails to display even the slightest emotion in lines that are heavily charged, Robinson's style can not be excused...
...Touchstone people--media reps would probably be the technical term for the dedicated individuals obliged to look after our needs--were exquisitely attentive, behaving as though they expected our opinions to have the slightest effect on the final box office gross their pictures would pull in. Deluded, no doubt, but so much the better...
...full semester free of the slightest renovation...
...delighted to work for nothing. Secure in their anticipation of future employment, they hasten to fritter away their summers in such congenial and prestigious surroundings. Such indeed is their enthusiasm for the Mother of Parliaments that many are willing not only to work eight hours a day without the slightest monetary reward but also to pay for the privilege of doing so through various exorbitant programs...
...Mass., have established support groups for house staff to help them cope with emotional difficulties. In some cases, fear of malpractice suits has served as incentive for medical centers to limit the hours that residents spend in the emergency room or in such specialty services as anesthesiology, where the slightest error can be fatal...