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Bridges suffers more than Close from this unlikely casting. He never lets us see more of Jack than a blunt and sometimes disconcertingly manipulative veneer, as if he were rather uncomfortable with the role of an accused murderer. This suppression of identity in some ways adds to the suspense of the movie. Bridges lets us know so little of Jack's true motives and feelings that we cannot decide with certainty his guilt or innocence. At the same time, however, by not being generous with his character, Bridges tends to cut off our sympathy for Jack, and even to make...
...City, Treasury Secretary James Baker and finance ministers and central bank governors of Britain, France, West Germany and Japan appeared before TV cameras with a major announcement. "Orderly appreciation of the main nondollar currencies against the dollar is desirable," said the five, and they "stand ready to encourage this." Blunt translation: the greenback is grossly overvalued in terms of how many pounds, francs, deutsche marks and yen money traders will exchange for it, and the five intend to cut the buck down to a more realistic size, obviously by selling dollars to drive down the price, though the five...
...trade laws that allows industries facing extinction to apply for relief from foreign competition, the U.S. International Trade Commission recommended last June that the Administration cut the foreigners' share of the U.S. shoe market from 71% to 68%. President Reagan's refusal to do so was backed with coolly blunt reasoning: "To save a few temporary jobs, we would be throwing many other Americans out of work, costing consumers billions of dollars, further weakening the shoe industry and seriously damaging relations with our trading partners...
Moscow's reaction to the British expulsions was interpreted as a blunt message to the West from Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev two months before his November summit with President Ronald Reagan. "He may want to look like a man you can do business with," said a Western diplomat in Moscow. "But he also doesn't want to look like a weakling." With grudging admiration for the Soviet leader's tactics, a British official declared, "The way the Russians have played tit for tat demonstrates Gorbachev's skill in making the best...
...really?" I say, edging towards the nearest blunt instrument, "I hadn't heard that...