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...became a journalist because of John Conway," said Rosenfeld, who is deputy editorial page editor for the Washington Post. "Through his own example, he introduced me to the notion that an individual's sensibilities could come to terms with the crud world outside the comfortable cocoon in which many of us had lived...
...became a journalist because of John Conway," Rosenfeld said. "Through his own example, he introduced me to the notion that an individual's sensibilities could come to terms with the cruel world outside the comfortable cocoon in which many of us had lived," he said...
...Cocoon, Gung Ho, Parenthood, Backdraft and The Paper, Howard splashed his vision on a huge canvas and peopled it with a sprawling cast. His problem was that in pushing a zillion buttons on the plot console, he often pushed too hard. Perhaps fearful of losing his audience, Howard would let his films get shrill or dewy. In Apollo 13, though, he has only a few dips into bathos (a too-cute child's face here, a dotty grandma there). Mostly, he makes viewers partners, trusting them to keep track of all the techno-talk, to take on faith what they...
...Opie Cunningham!" folks on the street still yell out when Howard walks by, combining the names of his TV alter egos. Since his days as a child actor, however, Howard has gone on to direct a string of high-concept but engagingly human Hollywood entertainments (Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood) while maintaining his sitcom reputation as the most likable kid on the block. Not that Howard's easygoing nature prevents him from firing unprofessional actors or screenwriters who can't deliver the goods. "He's tougher than all of us," Creative Artists Agency chief and Hollywood hardball player Michael Ovitz has said...
While a comparable rise of that sex hormone in males may sound attractive to older men, it apparently would not confer all of the benefits enjoyed by the elders in Cocoon. Both proponents and naysayers agree that DHEA does not enhance sexual desire or performance...