Word: sharp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although the score is certain to change once the legislators come under the full fire of the Administration's offensive, SALT II would be in deep trouble if a vote were held now. In sharp contrast to the 88-to-2 majority by which SALT I sailed through the Senate in 1972, today only 40 Senators appear to be enthusiastically behind the new treaty. Another ten will almost certainly back it though they say that they are still undecided. Definitely opposing the pact are some 20 hardliners, such as Barry Goldwater, Henry Jackson and Jesse Helms, who distrust just...
...director's three latest films are commercial and critical bombs like Daisy Miller, At Long Last Love and Nickelodeon, where does he go next? In Peter Bogdanovich's case, it is back to basics. Saint Jack, the director's first film since 1976, is a sharp departure from the projects of his Hollywood heyday. Adapted from a Paul Theroux novel set in Singapore, the movie has a small budget, no big stars and not a single loving reference to a classic screwball comedy. Cybill Shepherd is nowhere in sight...
...ruling the country for a full five-year term. That electoral stability allows Thatcher to confront the unions head on?if she so chooses. The big question facing Britain now is whether the determined Iron Lady, having gained the pinnacle of political success, will act according to the sharp words that sometimes marked her campaign rhetoric, or the conciliatory ones of St. Francis that she quoted so movingly on the doorstep...
...camp umpiring. The classic empty-hander came in the top of the fifth. DH Chuck Marshall walked to lead off the inning, and Burke St. John kept him on first when his sacrifice attempt was popped up to first. Catcher Joe Wark then moved Marshall to third with a sharp single to left and put two runners in scoring position when he went to second on a wild pitch...
...quality of acting and material easily overcomes these minor difficulties--the sketch or two that is cornier than it is funny, or the rare blown line. The sharp British humor proves as effective in Cambridge as it does in Cambridge...