Word: brashness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...marketed by a subsidiary of the Squibb Corp., the U.S. pharmaceutical firm, which pays the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house a royalty in return for the use of its name. More galling to the French, Opium is a strong scent; it thus follows in the style of the brash and popular American perfumes, like Revlon's Charlie and Jontue, that are edging out long dominant French brands as the leading sellers in West Germany, Britain and Switzerland, among other markets. Tellingly, Guerlain's Nahema and many other new French scents are potent perfumes in the U.S. style...
...barrage of brash scents...
...Kramer have been consciously modeled on the actor. "We wanted Dustin to draw on his own volatile, engaging personality in creating the character," says Director Robert Benton. "We tape-recorded our talks and took endless notes on his language. Everything was carefully worked out." If Kramer is brash, egocentric and often obnoxious, so too is Hoffman. If Kramer is tender, loving and often vulnerable, then Hoffman is as well. Like Diane Keaton in Annie Hall, he has turned the screen into a mirror, a magical looking glass into his own head and heart...
...since he wrote My Generation. One, indeed, is the life's blood of the other. Early songs like My Generation (with its stuttered chorus, "Why don't you all f-f-f-f-fade away") and The Kids Are Alright were youth anthems in the best sense, brash and savage declarations of independence. Even the rock opera Tommy, with its dazzling music locked in perpetual combat with a convoluted narrative, passed the palm to the audience as Tommy sang to his followers: "Listening to you I get the music/ Gazing at you I get the heat." Reverse...
...Brash young leaders with small offices and big dreams-these are the centurions of the movement that claims the title of America's New Right. Its general goals, a drastic reduction in domestic government activity and a hard anti-Communist line abroad, are familiar enough. So is its rhetoric. But the New Right has developed some fresh, effective tactics. It scored a few surprising electoral upsets last year, and now it smells blood...