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...actually feel something for that poor, dumb, terrified thing. Imagine yourself quaking in her hooves: one minute you're chewing your cud, the next you're a UFO. But aside from one poor guy in the prologue, who disappears headfirst into a big storm's "suck zone," Old Bossy is the only living creature we see suffering from nature's wrath in this film. The rest of the time the movie implies that tornadoes practice selective targeting, attacking only trucks with no visible drivers or farms where everyone has safely gained the storm cellar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOX-OFFICE BLOWHARD | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

Finally, on to the master of the infuriatingly dumb editorial, Mr. David W. Brown. I tried to call Mr. Brown to discuss his "Mocking the Right" personally, but, alas, his phone number has been disconnected. Either too many Harvard students share my opinion on his writing, or Brown forgot to write the check for his last phone bill. But to more important matters--the editorial. Brown's views on the Confederate flag are all too well known on this campus, as are his views on anyone who happens to disagree with those opinions--the mark of a truly open mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opinion Page Too Much to Bear | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...should be given the chance to apply that legacy to leading the nation. -->