Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tony Bill matches the simplicity of the story, and the authenticity of Alan Ormsby's screenplay, with smooth and pleasingly detailed direction. The editing is too neat at times, and the tone not quite boyish enough, but Bill succeeds at sneaking in a good laugh whenever his film veers toward the saccharine or ridiculous...
...Hamill haircut, on the parallel bars. Only 4 ft. 8 in., 75 lbs., she had scored a stunning 10 in the floor exercises the night before, mixing rubber-body tumbling and kiddie-porn dance routines (hip grinding to a snake charmer's song). On the bars, she was smooth rather than risqué, managing a satisfying...
...final speaker of the evening was Henry Kissinger. He had met earlier in the day with Reagan, who sought to smooth over their differences in an effort to build a bridge to the foreign policy establishment. After the session, Kissinger said: "I felt that the Governor's position, as it was explained to me, was one that I find compatible with my own." In his speech that evening, Kissinger warmly described Reagan as the "trustee of our hopes" for relief from the Carter Administration's "feeble and apologetic" diplomacy. But Kissinger made no mention of the issues on which...
...reggae in Rockers (which features Peter Tosh and Burning Spear, among others) seems noticeably contemporary. It slowly unveils a political awareness less violent than Bob Marley's recent activist songs; and it feels more polished, more heavily produced than traditional Rasta music. A guitar, a bongo, and smooth, taffy-flavored voices don't appear to be enough anymore. One introduction sounds remarkably similar to several measures on Elvis Costello's recent album. And a tuxedoed concert performer carries himself like Barry Manilow onstage. These isolated moments don't detract, however, from the music's mirthful, sensuous beauty...
...Reagan as refounder: As classically expressed in Machiavelli's Discourses, every Republic needs a reconstruction every once in a while. By invoking a renewal of the American compact, and a "New Beginning," Reagan is merely offering a smooth solution to the woes that beset the country. Don't trust me, Reagan says, trust the country. Simplistic but powerfully attractive...