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...trying to mediate fraternal fractiousness. None can imagine why their father Fred (Alan Arkin) insists that they all are needed to perform a single task: pick up a perfectly preserved 1954 Cadillac convertible in Detroit and deliver it (despite speed traps, accidents and fights for control of its radio dial) to him in Florida unscathed and on time for their mother's birthday. But Fred unconsciously knows what movie storytellers have always known: if you force a disparate group of males together for a journey, they will, as they surmount its obstacles, achieve what Fred's sons lack -- true brotherhood...
...time to find a place to stay. Sadly enough, the Crimson Undergraduate Experience does not include room service, feather pillows or wake-up calls. Find a place, if you can, where the bathrooms are cleaned once every other week, where the only food delivered to your room is from Dial-a-Pizza, and where a game of checkers can be heard through the walls...
...machines have revolutionized long-distance communication during the last decade, and fax sales have risen exponentially. Proposals, memos, documents, agreements can now be sent across the country or over seas in less time than it takes to dial the phone number...
Some cable executives were skeptical that the new network would find a niche on an already crowded cable dial, especially since it would be filled largely with old movies. But TNT, seen today in 37.5 million cable homes, has drawn an enthusiastic cult audience for its treasure trove of MGM, RKO and pre-1950 Warner Bros. movies. Film lovers, who were outraged at Turner for colorizing classics originally released in glorious black-and-white, are now also praising him for unearthing the oeuvres of Warren William, Edna May Oliver and Alfred E. Green. "The demand for classic movies was unrecognized...
...rotary-dial Centrex models have already been replaced at Leverett, Kirkland and North Houses, said OIT Systems Analyst Laurie M. Tassinari...