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...Democrat Thomas Lantos pledged to contribute to an Ollie North defense fund being set up by Annapolis classmates, and Republican Robert Dornan, in praise of North's patriotism, paraphrased a rollicking Rudyard Kipling ditty: "He's Ollie this and he's Ollie that. Get 'im out of here, the brute./ But he's the savior of his country when the guns begin to shoot...
...expert at dealing with brute force on the field, Harlow showed delicate care in his collection of rare birds' eggs off the field. After his retirement in 1947, Harlow became a curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology...
...least one other trouble is worth mentioning: there is only one Steve Earle. He has just made his first album, he hasn't had a Top Ten single, and he plays rock clubs as well as country venues. But his voice has offhand brute force when it has to bear down and unforced gentleness when it comes to business of the heart. He sings about familiar territory -- small towns and horizon-piercing interstates, luckless marriages and faithless love, dumb faith and poor prospects -- and blows all the cobwebs away because his eye is fresh and because he appears...
...spring chicken"; after a two-hour struggle, the fish gave up. The next day thousands of locals and tourists crowded the Montauk marina to see the shark, which weighed 3,450 lbs., 800 lbs. heavier than the International Game Fish Association champ, caught off Australia in 1959. Braddick's brute may not qualify for the record books, however. The 150- lb. test line he used exceeds the allowed strength...
Sigourney Weaver gives a terrific performance as the film's lead. No Rambo-esque musclebound bozo here, mowing down aliens for the sheer brute pleasure of it. Weaver breathes life into the age-old comic book conflict between wicked scientists and valiant humanist. Ripley, her character, manages to realistically combine the gutsy woman stereotype with a caring gentle femininity. A strong and maternal heroine is an innovation...