Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like to send their books into the marketplace festooned with admiring quotations from familiar names. Hence this memoir, subtitled Reflections of a World War II Aviator, bears endorsements from the likes of James Dickey, Howard Nemerov, Russell Baker and Ted Williams. Ted Williams? Yes, indeed. And what does the "Splendid Splinter" have to say? "No matter what part of the service you were in as a young kid, you will relive many of the memories Sam Hynes has written about in this book." The sole problem with this recommendation is its exclusivity. In truth, Flights of Passage not only jogs...
...staff (average age: 30) at Lacroix's salon on the splendid Faubourg St.-Honore exudes confidence. On the morning after last week's show, a pretty young American wisely arrived early to make a purchase: while Lacroix had presented 58 costumes, the house can deliver a total of only 120 pieces. She sighed, snapped shut her purse and said, "Oh well, another $9,000 on the American Express card." She is among the youthful clients haute couture should never have lost and whom Lacroix is luring back. Picart speaks proudly of Lacroix's popularity with show-business people, who usually...
SEIZE THE DAY (PBS). Robin Williams gave his finest dramatic performance (and Jerry Stiller offered splendid support) in an intense, well-tuned adaptation of Saul Bellow's short novel...
...picaresque epic seems longer than its running time, and this one eventually begins wandering, like Jim, in search of an elusive climax of reconciliation. But this is caviling in the face of two splendid young artists: Bale, 13, who carries the character of Jim through four years of hell and puberty, and Spielberg, who again proves that he is our top picturemaker. He has energized each frame with allusive legerdemain and an intelligent density of images and emotions. He has met the demands of the epic form with a mature spirit and wizardly technique. Spielberg has dreamed of flying before...
...Last Waltz, right now is shining on videos. MTV showcased two separate videos with an interrelated story line, as well as a 30-minute documentary calculated to let a couple of generations catch up on what they missed the first time around. Does the man who made this splendid new record, the man who wrote The Weight and Daniel and the Sacred Harp and set his fingers around some of rock's best guitar, really need an introduction? Business realities suggest that he might, but, in truth, even if you had never met him or heard him before, you would...