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...cynic might see the silicone-implant business as another malfeasance on the scale of the Dalkon Shield (which had a tendency to cause devastating infections), DES (which could cause cancer in the user's offspring) or the high-estrogen birth-control pill (which was also rushed to market after hasty and dubious testing). A cynic might point to the medical profession's long habit of exploiting the female body for profit -- from the 19th century custom of removing the ovaries as a cure for "hysteria" to our more recent traditions of unnecessary hysterectomies and caesareans. A cynic might conclude that...
Perhaps I am just a cynic, but the Harvard-can-make-it-all-better mentality behind the staff position seems futile and petty. The staff looked at the problems of diversity and at the ineffective Harvard Foundation and Office of Race Relations and Minority Affairs, and it concluded that there is some sort of causal relationship between...
...other characters exacerbate David's dilemma. Jonathan Fisher convincingly plays an alcoholic who wants to prevent David from repeating his mistakes. C. Michael Rodriguez is both wryly funny and poignant (without overdoing it) in his role as the fatalistic, wheelchair-ridden cynic. Both Fisher and Rodriguez torment David by making him believe that his successes can all be attributed to luck...
Fortunately, Rhett does not undergo any such astounding transformations. He remains the same old cynic with a heart of gold. But Ripley has him sailing back and forth to Ireland so frequently that his random appearances become aggravating...
...history -- or virtually so. Last week members of the Soviet parliament batted around suggested titles for the disintegrating union. Among the candidate monikers are the Union of Sovereign Soviet States (a Gorbachev favorite), the Euroasian Economic Community and the Commonwealth of Sovereign States of Europe and Asia. One cynic even suggested the Club of Crippled Nations...