Word: journeyman
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...women's rights or progress, I believe that education is the key." Although her success as writer and historian no doubt owes much to her own education, she does not consider herself the "exception." She advises women to pursue their goals: "If you want to write, or be a journeyman, don't let anything change your mind. It's true that women need more will to overcome certain obstacles, which is unfair. But a writer, or anyone else, can't be put off by rejection, she can't take it personally, and she's got to believe she's right...
...Clark, a journeyman among movie genres (Murder by Decree, Tribute, Porky's, A Christmas Story), directs the script by Phil Alden Robinson and Stallone to its pre-arranged destination without many bumps or scenic side trips. Tim Thomerson wrings some sweetly comic juice from his role as Dolly's conniving ex; and Stallone, who as a singer seems to have taken charisma lessons from his songwriter brother Frank, is game and good-spirited in a role that plays too heavily on urban oafishness. Rhinestone, though, belongs to the lady. Parton is an irresistible screen presence, cute and cuddlesome...
...journeyman hits just about the right tone most of the time. He writes well, for instance, but not so well that he seems to be waving a perfumed handkerchief about the landscape. By his campfire after a day of fishing, when it is time to throw a cliché on the flames, he comes up with a good, chunky one: "I woke just once during the night, when a Union Pacific freight train wailed in the distance...
...star, more an all-around journeyman, like his father. Victor Ueberroth (the German name means "above the red," not to mention in the black), an unschooled but well-read drummer, sold aluminum siding to farmers for their wood barns. "You don't convince farmers with charm or fast talk," says the son, the second of three Ueberroth children. "My father had a great interest in people." And in events too. "We would debate world issues at dinner. Or he would toss riddles out on the table. It was mental gymnastics." Not only at Ueberroth's own table...
...deep suspicion that Frank Reynolds considered himself a kind of marvelous accident. Television anchoring is about 60% God-given and 40% sweat. Hairlines, profiles and mellifluous tones go a long way toward moving a man or woman into the ranks of television's stars. Reynolds was a journeyman newsman with all of the above and also a pleasant way on-camera that came from his innate decency. The celebration of such qualities just might be better tuned in a more modest environment. Frank Reynolds probably would be among the first to agree...