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...scrubbed from the mission two days before launch, the grunts of Mission Control are efficient and almost faceless, a Greek chorus busily computing solutions. The astronauts' wives, notably Marilyn Lovell (lustrous Kathleen Quinlan), cope sensibly with despair. Lovell's partners in jeopardy (Bill Paxton as Haise, Kevin Bacon as Swigert) keep things cool, especially when they nearly freeze in their icy cabin. And Hanks provides the anchor. His Lovell--as strong, faithful and emotionally straightforward as Forrest Gump--carries the story like a precious oxygen backpack. His resourcefulness gives Lovell strength; his gift for conveying worry gives the film...
...Aaron Bacon seemed a regular rebellious kid, a 16-year-old who grew suddenly moody, as adolescents often do. His poetry took on a violent tinge; he stayed up late listening to music; and he started skipping classes at his Phoenix, Arizona, high school. More worrisome, he was smoking a lot of pot-and maybe even selling it. It was probably just a phase, though his parents, Sally and Bob, will never know for sure...
After Aaron was attacked by a gang in the school parking lot, the Bacons decided to take action. Sally, an artist and real estate agent, remembered hearing about a child who had had a good experience at a wilderness-therapy camp, North Star Expeditions, Inc. The Bacons talked with North Star's owners about the 63-day survival course in the south Utah desert. The program, the Bacons decided, could be just the thing to help their son get back on track. "I pictured Aaron sitting around campfires, being nurtured by nature," Sally Bacon explained to the Los Angeles Times...
...child abuse and operating a program in violation of state licensing standards. Lawyers for the owners contend that Aaron was uncooperative and refused to carry his backpack, thereby depriving himself of food and supplies. "While no one wants to use the word acceptable loss, the fact is Aaron Bacon showed up at North Star with a history of drug use and past involvement in drug sales, and he tried to control the situation with manipulation," says defense attorney Sheldon Wellins, "and very unfortunately, he died out there...
Clinton, a man of myriad political skills and few convictions, has found his calling: protector of the welfare state. Protector of Big Bird and school lunches, of Social Security and Medicare, of Davis-Bacon (which mandates inflated union-scale wages for federal construction contracts) and affirmative action (now under a temporizing White House "review "), of the legacy of F.D.R. and L.B.J...