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...McClane has-in addition-a bad relationship with his daughter, which the movie eventually repairs, and a funny one with Farrell, who emerges from his first car chase complaining of a skinned knee and a potential asthma attack. Naturally, Farrell toughens up considerably by the time the last fireball blasts past his ear. Could the movie have used a few more grumbly witticisms from McClane? Absolutely. Could Mark Bomback's script have been more probable? Sure. Are we perhaps getting a little tired of movies over-loaded with high-tech gear, whirring numbers on multiple screens and the barking...
...scout in the 1st Infantry Division of Fort Riley, Kans., Genevie had to fight to get into the Army. Military doctors told him he couldn't enlist with his history of asthma and shoulder problems. But Genevie knew he could handle the training. He videotaped himself doing rigorous 20-minute workouts to show that he wouldn't slow down his unit. He even drafted a letter to President Bush asking him to intervene. Genevie never sent it because the Army eventually let him in. His mother Patricia found the letter among his things a few days after he died...
...nowhere did Priour impress as much as in his last scene, when he was beset by a gripping, realistic asthma attack after he confessed his feelings to Melissa. It was the one scene completely devoid of the comic element, and was shocking after the almost 90 minutes of straight chaos and humor that ran beforehand. It jerked me out of my laughter and into tears within a second...
This drive has helped Barrett overcome one of his biggest athletic obstacles, his constant battle with allergies and asthma, which can flare up during the outdoor season...
...snake oil” developed by his father to treat Truman’s ear infections and sore throats. Graham says that the concoction “had a small amount of ephedrine”—a substance that was widely used as an asthma remedy until the 1980s...