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SITTING ON A BALE OF BARLEY destined for his cattle, Dick Carver gets just a little misty eyed as he recalls the moment that propelled him to leadership of a rebellion now sweeping the West. Usually mild mannered and affable, the Nevada rancher and Nye County commissioner reached a point last year when he had had enough. To him, federal intrusion into the daily life of his county had simply grown too great, so on July 4, 1994--Independence Day--he took the law into his own hands. His weapon of choice: a rusting, yellow D-7 Caterpillar bulldozer...
...those who seek a more elegant or better equipped workout environment, Bale's Holiday Fitness Center, Healthworks and Le Pli each offer their own distinctive options...
...same, U.S. Marines stepped up security checks and erected razor-wire barriers around the sites Bush toured during his sweep through the capital, Baidoa and Bale Dogle. Troops also accelerated their search for concealed weapons...
Late in the afternoon the convoy turns onto a narrow dirt road. Men with assault rifles are poised in the ruined buildings; they too are Marines, transported by air to hold the landing strip at Bale Dogle two days earlier...
Christian Bale, the young English actor who starred in Empire of the Sun, is the brightest spot of the film. Seeming completely comfortable in the skin of a New York street kid, he gives an utterly magnetic performance. Few other cast members have the chance to shine, since the film's idea of charm is misguided. Lovable little Crutchy (Marty Belafsky), a disabled newsboy with a heart of gold, personifies the film's would-be winsome side. Ann Margret, done up in orange and fuchsia as a vaudeville star who looks more like a madam, particularly strains the limits...