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Marvin's performance is the best in a film full of good actors. He may be playing the hardened sergeant for the umpteenth time but his heart is finally in it. With his rumbling voice, he tosses off dialogue that a lesser actor would choke on. The paternal affection he bears his men never conflicts with his silent passion for killing the enemy and getting through the war alive. Hamill and the others are also nearly perfect--Carradine stands out because he has all the best lines--and Fuller leaves us wishing we knew more about his young heroes...
...White House tactic will be a "choke-them-with-candor operation," contended one senior presidential aide, in an unwitting reminder of the Nixon White House's deceitful "Operation Candor," launched as a desperate Watergate defense. But if the Republicans really want to "raise memories of things gone by," Powell warned, "it would be worthwhile to compare this to Watergate in detail. The President
...Islanders don't choke...
Morrow was not alone. The Islanders were laboring under a well-deserved reputation as the team that chokes big. For years they had torn up the league during regular-season play, then faded in the playoffs. This year they finally made it to the finals, rolled up a 3-1 margin over the Philadelphia Flyers in the best-of-seven series-and almost choked. The Flyers narrowed the gap at three games to two. Said Islander Garry Howatt: "If one more person reminds me of our reputation, I'll choke...
...just wanted to see what the cloud was. If I'd known it was going to make me choke, I never would have gone near it," another patient, still breathing shallowly an hour and a half later, said