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...excellent. Yet the movie belongs most securely to Robert Ryan, and it is an eloquent memorial to his talent. Ryan, who died of cancer in July, was ailing while he was making Iceman. In the circumstances, it would be easy to sentimentalize his performance. But such a gesture would diminish its greatness. With the kind of power and intensity that is seldom risked, much less realized, it has its own pride and stature...
...Siegel is more concerned with the cunning and ironic measures that Varrick takes to ensure his comfort in his declining years. The movie concludes on the same image with which it opened, and with an especially crafty little twist. It should not diminish the viewer's surprise too much to say that Siegel takes a tangible joy in watching the last of the independents outfox the various organizations that have been causing him grief. Charley Varrick is a sort of backhanded testament to the wisdom that comes with experience...
Land-use laws diminish not only the traditional rights of landowners but also the power of local governments. As a result, home rule-the right of local governments to determine their fate without outside interference-has become the banner under which opponents of planning rally. The issue is at the heart of controversies from Utah, where rural counties do not want to be told by the state how to deal with their land, to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., where islanders are hotly debating whether to accept the Federal Government's jurisdiction over their development...
That the latter approach has been substantially ignored reflects the adverse perception of Richard Nixon, and his administration, and the hostility borne toward both on the part of most analysts. That reflection, however, does not diminish the potential value in searching beneath the surface of the waves for an underlying disturbance...
Astonishingly, the huge tax increases did little to diminish Anderson's popularity. Though detractors call him "Spendy Wendy," a recent Minnesota poll showed his level of approval at 50%?with 22% unfavorable...