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...said that fastidious filmmakers retreat in dismay muttering, "Does he mean, like, bathroom jokes?" Ignoring the advice, they end up dying out there with cute, cautious comedies like Speechless and I.Q. (not to mention spineless farces like Mixed Nuts). Meanwhile, Dumb and Dumber becomes the most popular movie in America. "Gross-out grosses," its rivals may sniff, and they would not be wrong. But so what? The fact is that D and D -- in comparison with which Jim Carrey's other pictures look as if they were scripted by Oscar Wilde -- makes you laugh out loud for almost its entire...
...advice on the synod of bishops that meets in Rome every three years. He has attended all their sessions -- including the most recent ones in October -- listening with his usual intensity. But there is never a joint final communique. Indeed, the Pope may be advised, but to the private dismay of many bishops, any decision on issues discussed will be made by the Pope, and the Pope alone. As John Paul once told TIME's Wilton Wynn: "It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the truth...
Penningroth expressed dismay for the lack of reaction from her fellow Mather residents...
When the FBI, state and local authorities executed the search warrant at his home Wednesday, Womack "expressed shock and dismay," according to Rooney...
...promise to step down at the end of his term in February 1996, even though he lost three years of his five-year tenure in exile. As he goes about the business of remaking the government, Aristide has never stopped preaching the gospel of reconciliation, often to the dismay of followers who want revenge for the estimated 3,000 people murdered during the military's reign of terror. American officials still express frustration that he does not always bow to U.S. wishes, but they are encouraged by his willingness to listen and talk. "He's a real politician now," says...