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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The death of Sgt. Donald Dugan in Bosnia on Saturday, the first American casualty in Operation Joint Endeavor, brought quick condemnations of the U.S. mission from some conservative Republicans, but failed to produce the "outrage" predicted by Rep. Gerald Solomon, chairman of the House Rules Committee. While Senator Phil Gramm, a presidential hopeful, vowed to bring the American troops home in his first act as President, Republican leaders Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole both declined to revisit the question of American presence in Bosnia. "We can't cut and run when the first tragic thing happens," said Dole...
...than 1,000, this case made the front page of the Wall Street Journal the next day. And before you could say sweeps week, the Today show, Entertainment Tonight, A Current Affair and CBS This Morning, among others, were on the phone to the men's Boston publicist, Paul Dugan. There was much debate among the advisers about how high or low to go on the media food chain -- should the guys go for a slam dunk with a supersensitive host like Maury Povich or risk potentially tough questions on network programs? But not to worry. After accepting air fare...
When his star catcher threatens to quit the team, complaining that the game is too hard, manager Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) snaps, "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great...
...thing: the talking isn't nearly so funny. Or perhaps it's the delivery. Proft, a longtime toiler in the Zucker brothers' Airplane! factory (The Naked Gun, Hot Shots!), has updated A Night at the Opera, this time with the anarchic philistinism demolishing a ballet company. But director Dennis Dugan's zanies -- John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith -- can't enunciate, and their playing is way too broad; they must think the Marx brothers were Moe, Larry and Curly. Maybe farce always wears out its audience, but it shouldn't wear out its welcome. When Turturro tells some swells...
General Michael J. Dugan (ret.). Former Air Force Chief of Staff...