Word: flash
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Photographers Halstead, Dennis Brack, Antonio Suarez and Ken Jarecke, there were hair-raising incidents. Cameras and lenses were put out of action by the rain. During a torrential downpour in Miami, lightning began to flash around the tower that Suarez was perched on to photograph the papal Mass below. He was unhurt, though a TV cameraman was later injured when a bolt struck the tower. In New Orleans, Suarez and Jarecke had to lug 50 lbs. of camera equipment more than two miles in 90 degrees-plus heat from the press buses to a security checkpoint. "Despite all the problems...
...Flash forward. Cosby is the father now, presiding over a brood of five children on TV's top-rated series. When he arrives home in one episode, three of his daughters begin fawning over him. "What's blown up or on fire?" asks Dad skeptically. The youngest, it turns out, has cut photographs out of some of his favorite books to make a report for school. But Dad neither explodes nor affixes blame, just leafs resignedly through her handiwork. "Very good report," he comments. "Very expensive...
...quickly flash your lawyer's telephone number to signal prospective advertisers that you are fully prepared to deal for personal endorsements during the ensuing months of media hounding that will inevitably follow your "tragedy." Terrorism is a modern capitalist's dream...
That session was followed by a rousing youth festival, where 50,000 onlookers brandished blue and green flash cards and roared as John Paul attempted to don a gaudy Mardi Gras mask. "I love it," gushed twelve-year- old Kim Harrigan of Port Sulfur, La. John Paul then traveled to an outdoor Mass; some 200,000 rain-drenched worshipers attended...
...fall -- a fine, taut, implosive job. And Kevin Tighe plays a company enforcer with a tight smile who has seen all the evil in the world and caused more than his share of it. With his round, ruddy face, Tighe always seems on the verge of derisive laughter or flash-fisted rage; it's enjoyable guessing which fever will surface first. The rest of the movie is less entertaining, a righteous homily without the grits...