Word: builders
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Sage of Wheatland" (Buchanan); "The Squire of Hyde Park." Perhaps Mr. Reagan will come to be known as "The Squire of Rancho del Cielo," or "The Gipper," in reference to his second most memorable movie role, or in reference to the first, "The Rest of Me." New York Builder Donald Trump is called "The Donald" by Mrs. Trump, so we might call Mr. Reagan "The Ronald." It is too early to tell...
...nuclear power stations until federally approved permanent storage sites for nuclear wastes were also available. The strongest opponent of the measure was Union Electric Co. of St. Louis, whose $1.3 billion plant, scheduled for completion in early 1983, would have been jeopardized. Said Sandy Rothschild, a house builder and opponent of the proposal: "I think people are not willing, with the information available, to close the option on nuclear power...
...film--always conspires to work against her. The men who are attracted to her are attracted not because but in spite of her intellect. Her intelligence merely makes it difficult, if not impossible, for her to maintain satisfying relationships. The screenplay, by involving her with a somewhat pedestrian builder and a charming, but puerile ex-ballplayer, makes Gundzinger a perpetual misfit. One wonders why, among the University of Chicago's several hundred tenured male professors, she couldn't find a man who genuinely appreciates...
...film's botched handling of a supposedly feminist message is only partly redeemed by its spotty ability to convey our awkward attempts to overcome personal isolation. Gundzinger does not love the builder but lives with him because "he gives me space and makes me laugh," and that is infinitely preferable to loneliness. In one of the movie's most subtly haunting scenes, Gundzinger faces her new future mother-in-law alone for the first time. Gundzinger has just thrown up, and is embarrassed. The older woman is embarrassed by Gundzinger's embarrassment. The two, who do not get along...
People of more modest means who are searching for a detached house in the suburbs must sometimes settle for depressingly spartan structures. To hold down prices, one major builder in Gwinnett County, Ga., 20 miles north of Atlanta, sells $70,000 houses with up to one-third of the interior space unfinished. Owners can complete the rooms later, when they have the money. Bathroom and kitchen floors are covered with vinyl instead of tile, and closets have sliding doors made out of a light plastic material rather than wood. Boston Builder Anthony Lapuma has turned out the first half dozen...