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...OTHER well-drawn and well-portrayed characters are what make this comedy work, but Gormley also gets mild laughs by throwing in a few don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-'em slight-gags and one-liners also Forsyth. "The language at this school is fookin' atrocious," a student complains to Vic. When a bank taller asks Father Cobb for his identification, he responds with a puzzled look and points to his clerical collar. In the waiting room at the Vatican, there is an Orthodox...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Miracle Worker | 3/27/1987 | See Source »

...approximately a quarter of an hour running time, Captain EO seems to go by in the blink of an eye. And I had an urge to see it again, to stay-put right where I was. But the usherettes usheretted my date and me outside, Michael Jackson "ooo!" -ing on the muzak overhead, and I managed to smuggle out a pair of purple wrap-around 3-D glasses. And I'm wearing 'em right...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: KID IN A CANDYSHOP: | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

Lawmen guess Dallas hightailed it back to Paradise Hill, a one-blink junction in northern Nevada. Bloodhounds tracked his scent to a barstool, then to an unmade bed in a nearby trailer and finally to an abrupt end at Highway 95. Though every waitress and cowhand between Boise and Reno seems to know Dallas, no one admits spotting him since the jailbreak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Idaho: A Killer Becomes a Mythic Hero | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

Last week the Hacker was busy talking about Macintosh utilities. It's nice to have a program that can help the computer famous for its terminal cuteness wink and blink in style...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Making an IBM Compatible User Friendly is as Easy as BAT | 1/16/1987 | See Source »

...growing crisis of confidence in the functions of Wall Street itself. Over the past decade, the place where American business raises money for its operations and expansion has been transformed into a high-tech, high-volume supermarket in which institutional investors move billions of dollars in the blink of an electronic eye. In all, some $130 billion in stocks, bonds and other securities now change hands daily simply on the basis of telephone calls alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going After the Crooks | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

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