Word: bacon
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Another, a television-documen tary producer, temporarily quiets the victim of a recent crime with her theory that all human beings exist psychologically in a certain era; she claims an 18th century sensibility. The robbers left behind a guitar and a painting by the contemporary artist Francis Bacon, she explains, because they were "history-blocked" somewhere before the 20th century. The host, a Roman Catholic, makes a persuasive case against marriage and, in the event marriage has already taken place, for automatic annulment: love creates such a state of mental imbalance, he argues, that the vows are "like confessions obtained...
...most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed. It lies on its left side, its neck twisted back pitiably. Horner's crew has just exposed a section of pelvic bone to its first sunset in 65 million years, and someone remarks on the redness of the bone, like smoked bacon...
...film opens in an emergency room. Medical student David Labraccio (Kevin Bacon) begins an emergency operation on a screaming patient, who seems in need of anesthesia. It is not that oversight, but the oversight of hospital regulations--students cannot operate--that gets the young doctor suspended from medical school. He then reluctantly becomes involved in the experiment because, as he says, he has nothing else to lose. More likely, Labraccio becomes involved because Nelson says he needs...
...Bacon gives a competent, if uninspired performance. He is occasionally unbelievable as the committed doctor and friend because he acts with so little passion. He is given too many powerful lines; often, his anguished cries sound more like whines. Bacon, quite honestly, has grown too old to play the emotionally charged youth...
...Malta meeting. As soon as the two leaders sat down Thursday morning, the Soviet President gave a gloomy appraisal of his economic woes. He told Bush he realized a trade deal would deliver little immediate practical relief, but added that he needed the political symbolism of bringing home some bacon. Bush reiterated that the U.S.S.R. must first pass a law guaranteeing free emigration, and even then it would be "extremely difficult" for both the Administration and the Senate to approve a trade deal unless Moscow eased its sanctions against Lithuania. Gorbachev protested that he could not do that just...