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...scripted overacting, Chazz Palminteri, as Cheech (Olive's bodyguard), seems subtle and slick. Cheech appears at first as the quintessential Italian mafia strong man, tough and curt and not overly smart, but quickly becomes the most interesting character in the film (largely due to Palmenteri's fabulous performance), a moody genius with a big gun. The intelligence of the script is particularly apparent here: rather than trying to transform Cheech from a hood to an artist, Allen is content to make him an artistic hood, which Palminteri plays to the hilt...
...Baseball" brought me back to the edge of that precipice. For in the midst of all the history on collusion, Curt Flood and the reserve clause [and if you are a sports fan and don't know what the above items signify, PLEASE do yourself a favor and find out], the death threats to Hank Aaron, Steinbrenner, the fall of Pete Rose...therein stood Bob Costas, a true romantic spokesman for the game, talking from the inside about Gibson and Buckner and giving their deeds an new, even shinier lustre...
...member of the Harvard wrestling team how his season went, you might get a confused look and a curt reply; "Which season...
Harvard (13-20-1) got fine pitching performances from juniors Jamie Irving and Mike Cicero. Curt Romboli of BC (13-22-1) matched the Harvard throwers, tossing nine innings of three-hit, three-run (one earned) ball. Irving, pitching righthanded, scattered three hits and three runs (only one earned) while striking out three in innings...
...journey was not without its price. Presidents normally hate to take sides in primaries. And Attorney General Janet Reno answered with only a curt yes when asked whether she had an opinion about the propriety of Clinton stumping for a man under investigation by a U.S. Attorney for allegedly embezzling $22,000 from the House post office and hiring no-show employees -- the "stuff in the papers." If it were not for the investigation, Rostenkowski, an 18-term winner, would not need the President's help in the first place...