Word: erraticism
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How far one wants to go along its chosen path probably depends on the state of one's mental health. That of professor Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) is pretty shaky when we encounter him. He has recently lost his wife, an FBI agent, in a shoot-out that should never...
GOT RHYTHM? Defibrillators have been used to shock erratic heartbeats back to normal in thousands of patients with atrial fibrillation. But about 20% of the time, electrically charged paddles don't do the trick. Now there's help. A new study shows that defibrillators can work in problem cases if...
The offer had come from Lee Atwater, the brilliant, erratic young political hotshot Vice President Bush had picked to be campaign manager for his coming presidential bid. On April 27, 1985, Big George had called his family to Camp David to meet the staff that would run his campaign. George...
The architects of all this, meanwhile, were at a safe distance in Cologne, Germany, trying to bring Russia into the peacekeeping fold. Yeltsin came bearing gifts for Clinton meant to "mend ties after a fight": a promise of some flexibility on the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty that bans "Star...
Marilyn wasn't quite an actress, in any repertory manner, and she was reportedly an increasing nightmare to work with, recklessly spoiled and unsure, barely able to complete even the briefest scene between breakdowns. Only in the movies can such impossible behavior, and such peculiar, erratic gifts, create eternal magic...