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...vicious, now mischievous gremlins. He adroitly makes his characters seem to aim straight for the jugular, then along the way, find something more diverting to do with all that energy. Whenever the occasion permits, Dante loves to undercut the visceral impact of the horror genre with a clip from an old movie or a spitballing, pratfalling sight gag. His loopy werewolf melodrama, The Howling (1981), and his profligately imaginative episode of last year's Twilight Zone: The Movie are both energized by this sly schizophrenia. In Twilight Zone, the smile becomes a rictus as a child forces adults...
...climbed to 12½% in recent weeks, its highest level in 18 months. Credit demands created by the strong growth of the economy seem likely to push rates higher. In a revised report, the Government said last week that the G.N.P. had expanded at a remarkably robust 8.8% annual clip during the first quarter...
...capture them in a fight and they have no more ammunition, then they must die," said a subcomandante known as Pelón. "That shows they were trying to kill us and gave up only because they had no more shells." If a Sandinista soldier surrenders with a full clip, however, the contras conclude he does not want to hurt them and he is spared. Says Pelón: "We give them the choice of going to Honduras with us or simply going back home...
...DiCesare slapped four hits in five at bats, raising his team-leading average to .404. His doubles made him the leader in that category (five). In his last six games he has hit at a .591 clip...
...past three months, ABC has aired clip after clip of the breathtaking sequence when Mike Eruzione netted the goal that hoisted the 1980 U.S. hockey team towards the gold at the Soviet Union's expense. Pamdemonium! National pride! Miracle on ice! Blah, blah, blah...will it happen again? became the inevitable supposition...