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...DOUBT about it," some might prognosticate gloomily, shaking their Maine hunting caps. "OI' Burt Reynolds sure become some kind of quiche-eater." To confirm these rock-ribbed fears that the erstwhile Gator's preference has turned to that metaphorical dish, they might very well point to the scene in Best Friends where, with a pout and an arched eyebrow. Burt grumbles to Goldie Hawn: "I hate grits." It is, it seems, a final, symbolic denial of his celluloid past...
...giant food-scare spreads through Harvard, as the sudden deaths of seven freshman are blamed on tainted Halibut Cheese Casserole in the Union. Seeking to quell the crisis, University officials announce the introduction of a new "Halibut-lock" on portions of the dish, and offer tuition discounts to those who brave it. But some officials privately speculate that the real culprits are Bulgarian terrorists. Asked about the crisis, Presidential candidate John Glenn, on a campaign swing through Cambridge, calls for "research and development, of course...
Virtually every blockbuster movie is a powerful fable of resilience. The audience finds vicarious strength watching Scarlett rebuild Tara, or Maria von Trapp spirit her brood out of Hitler's Austria, or Don Corleone take his cold-dish revenge. E.T. gives its viewers more, from less. Here is a fairy tale set in the most mundane of contemporary realities: a typical California suburb. The creature appears to his friend Elliott in a pizza-strewn back yard; he lives in a child's closet. As E.T. built his "phone home" device from old toys and household castaways, so Spielberg fashioned...
...master," replies HAL. Outside, on the edge of a tree-lined ravine behind the Marince home, a 13-ft. parabolic dish antenna jolts into motion and begins sweeping the sky. It stops and focuses on a communications satellite orbiting 22,300 miles above the equator...
Point-man Calvin Dixon led the way, zipping no-look passes and driving through Jiangsu defenders to net lay-ups or dish off to a teammate for an easy bucket. Dixon led the transition with his now-you-see-it-now-you-don't sleight of hand, dazzling the slower and less graceful Chinese...