Word: flaccidity
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...opted for baseball, and last week the decision paid off handsomely. After languishing for eight years with the flaccid Padres, Winfield, 29, signed a contract with the New York Yankees that will reportedly bring him as much as $20 million over the next ten years. His agreement with the Yankees, by far the richest contract since baseball's free-agent era began in 1976, makes him the highest-paid American athlete. Houston Astro Pitcher Nolan Ryan's $1 million a year and fellow Yankee Outfielder Reggie...
...From moment to moment, Just Tell Me is a somber and confusingly plotted story of corporate power struggles, a syrupy account of a love triangle, and a sloppy satire of show business-rather like Lumet's Network. There are still some bright moments, but they are separated by flaccid, poorly connected scenes that go nowhere at great length...