Not all her movies were great but even if she'd just written When Harry Met Sally her reputation would have been assured, never mind Silkwood, Heartburn, Julie & Julia and Sleepless in Seattle.
She knew everyone, had a thought about everything, and possessed the kind of roving, inquisitive, eccentric, self-assured mind to which New Yorkers aspire.
While their future as prophesied by Koresh seems assured in their minds, the future of Mount Carmel is far from certain.
Never mind, I assured him, the clouds will blow over, you'll have a lovely time.
"We're just as concerned as the next person with protecting privacy," this brilliant mind blandly assured The Post.
I remember vividly faking a groin strain to get out of cross-country one year – the only injury my juvenile mind felt assured no teacher would feel comfortable examining.
But, as if reading my mind, she assured me that she works with every customer to help them get the look that's for them.
How can Morgan be so damned certain that the global recovery will be a V and not an L? We are assured by the bright minds at Morgan, "This is easy and has been settled".
Usually, prayer times are for believers, but Mohammed Gemel assured me that nobody would mind if I sat in the back at a moment like this.
Schooler tried to put the problem out of his mind; his colleagues assured him that such things happened all the time.
Not that Castiglioni's music is in much need of contrast, for its quickness of mind and fabulously assured soundworld provide their own variety, as well as a constant sense of expectation.
