Word: capered
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QUICK CHANGE. Bill Murray pulls off a bank heist in a clown suit, but he doesn't need a red nose to be funny. The actor's glancing, genial sarcasm buoys the action for the first half-hour. Then this caper comedy sinks into a puddle of urban rancor. Who needs another stale chorus of I Hate New York...
...year ago, the Werner caper would have produced headlines around the world. Today, with East and West Germany on the verge of merging into one country, the case is overshadowed and treated as a footnote to history, an almost quaint reminder of a vanishing John le Carre world in which secrets about NATO military maneuvers were of supreme importance to a Warsaw Pact nation. As Eastern Europe breaks free of Moscow's grip and the Soviet Union itself enjoys unprecedented openness, the espionage world is undergoing its own momentous changes...
Denard was flown to South Africa, but Pretoria made it clear that he could not stay. Not only are officials there embarrassed by Denard's latest alleged caper, but also rumors persist that the $3 million South Africa spent annually until recently on the Comoros' presidential guard has served largely to line the mercenaries' pockets. Denard expects an even cooler reception in France. There he faces charges stemming from a failed 1977 coup attempt against Benin President Mathieu Kerekou...
...offered to use his influence on behalf of at least four corporations, for fees ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. He did not mention that fully 50,000 people had been asked to join the circle in a fund- raising gimmick. After the Washington Post reported Smith's caper, the National Republican Senatorial Committee canceled his circle membership and returned his $1,000. This Mr. Smith did not go to Washington...
JOHNNY HANDSOME. A rarity among crime thrillers, this film is as intelligent as it is well made. A supposedly reformed underworld character (Mickey Rourke) plots an elegant caper against some double-crossing crooks, under the eye of a savvy, cynical cop (Morgan Freeman...