Word: mutterings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...successes of the screenplay must be attributed to him, so must the almost amateur direction, in which characters seem at a loss as to what they should do and how they should react to one another. An early scene comes to mind in which Simon and his girlfriend mutter indistinguishable bad jokes and move awkwardly in Simon's office. The picture also lingers at the outset: Brickman should introduce us to Simon and his life first, and then the scientists' mad concoctions, not the other way round...
...Four-Letter Word" [Feb. 18]. It is a four-letter word to humane-society workers and to the tens of millions of animals that are cruelly trapped or "ranched" each year in the name of fashion and vanity. Those in the humane movement are more than "passersby [who] mutter about cruelty to animals." We speak loud and clear: Animals have rights...
...coat cannot be driven or deducted. It is not an investment object, such as a rare book or print. It cannot be insured at true replacement value. It is likely to be stolen if the owner lets it out of her sight. Checkrooms refuse responsibility. Passers-by mutter about cruelty to animals and starving Cambodians...
...bottom line is I feel sorry for the guy." Not so Stingley's attorney Jack Sands, who has asked Football Commissioner Pete Rozelle to ban Tatum from the game. Preoccupied with the Super Bowl, Rozelle has yet to take any action. He was, however, heard to mutter a few words about Tatum's cheek: "That's asking for it. Unbelievable." A number of players have joined the chorus. "Mean" Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers says flatly, "We're sportsmen, we're athletes. We shouldn't be anything else." Adds Dave Elmendorf...
...many guess so wrong about so much? There are a variety of answers, but disappointingly few illuminating ones from the forecasters. Professional analysts, enamored of their computers and software and printouts, tend to mutter and mumble about technical imperfections in their still young methodology. Many admit that they erred by simply extrapolating from the trends that seemed evident as the '60s decade ended. Translation: they predicted that the present would persist into the future. Says Boris Pushkarev, vice president of New York's Regional Plan Association: "It's easy to continue trend lines. It's hard...