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Maybe the moviemakers think the audiences like feeling out of control, that they like having the responsibility of thinking wrested from them. The TV grinds on so mechanically that watching is like lying half asleep--mildly diverting but with precious few surprises. Anyone who's seen a lot of television can check out a show for ten minutes and tell you what's going to happen for the rest of the action. They're practiced experts at predicting outcomes because the stuff on the tube has strict boundaries; it flows judiciously in the Nielsen main stream. What sustains a movie...
...more, including tours of continuous duty that last for 36 hours or longer with only brief breaks for catnaps. As a result, they said, exhausted interns and residents sometimes make mistakes that could otherwise be avoided. Some of the striking interns and residents told horror stories of falling asleep on their feet during operations; one admitted that he had pulled out several stitches after dozing off while holding an incision open with retractors. To reduce the chances of hospital accidents, the C.I.R. asked for a shorter week with a limit of 15 hours to a shift whenever possible...
...been given a shot of adrenaline. He does that on Air Force One with remarkable recuperative results. Once, traveling in a limousine to a student meeting, Ford suddenly told an aide, "I think I'll take a little nap." He settled back and went sound asleep, so sound that the aide had to wake him when he got to his destination. Ford then gave a speech and shook 300 hands...
...beyond the Oval Office. Unlike Nixon, this President frequently takes off his coat and works in shirtsleeves. His pipe is handy and in constant use. White House Physician William Lukash believes such little things reduce tedium and tension. Ford likes movies at night but sometimes flakes out. He fell asleep during a screening of The Sugarland Express but stayed the distance for Chinatown. There is an effort to introduce soothing potions of humor in the daily rituals. When Hollywood's gorgeous Candice Bergen was in the Oval Office taking pictures, a serious avocation of hers, alongside David Hume Kennerly...