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...matinees. Meanwhile Walt moons over a young waitress (Sandra Bullock). Also written by a sprout, Steve Conrad, and directed by Randa Haines (Children of a Lesser God, The Doctor), who specializes in the woes of isolation, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway aspires to be serious about its subject. Yet in a curious way this sobriety works against it. Frank and Walt turn into schematically contrasting case studies, and the movie's sympathy for them eventually becomes patronizing...
...spirit includes meeting with President Clinton, Vice President Gore and other officials of a surprisingly friendly Administration. The recent alliances are a curious reversal of habit: the Americans, who watched Japanese carmakers bust up their market dominance, are countering that assault by building very Japanese-like bonds among themselves and with their government. "The three of us have had more direct contact with this Administration in the past nine months than existed for the past 12 years," says Eaton...
...EGYPTIAN JUKEBOX, by Nick Bantock (Viking; $18.95). A taste for archeology and an itch for puzzle solving will enhance enjoyment of this intriguing combination of art book and mystery story by the popular author of the Griffin & Sabine books. The illustrations are composed of curious knickknacks found in a museum cabinet built by a missing eccentric millionaire. The artifacts, reminiscent of Joseph Cornell's haunting boxes, are clues to the whereabouts of their owner. And what of his worried daughter, who has a hand in the text? Stories about the missing man's adventures also harbor clues. Have an interactive...
...curious way, Diana has grown more dependent on the reporters and photographers whom she lambasted last week. No matter what her standing at the palace, she remains the ubiquitous cover girl. She has cannily used writers and reporters to her advantage, particularly Andrew Morton, whose intimately sympathetic account of her collapsing marriage triggered the break a year...
What these folks have in common is an insatiable hunger for information, even when such information is not meant for them. A few are the malicious kind, always wanting to make victims of whomever comes across their adventurous paths. Most probably are just too curious to resist the temptation of exploring other people's electronic mailbox...