Word: firemanning
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...last time around, I had goals and ambitions," says Rosovsky. "[This time] it is quite different. Basically I had to operate without a long-term plan. It turns you basically into a fireman...
...FIREMAN'S FAIR...
Humphreys laid claim to this distinctive territory in Dreams of Sleep and Rich in Love. The Fireman's Fair should establish clear title. Her seemingly effortless sense of character and place comes from a life-long association with the Low Country and its ways. Like summer heat lightning, her style is subdued and swiftly illuminating. She is also a witty observer of regional manners. A black character, chary about New South liberalism, is described as multilingual since "he could speak the language that his listener wanted to hear...
...gross; Total Recall, the first brawnbuster released last June, beat out its beefy competition. So an early start is helpful. This Memorial Day weekend, Hudson Hawk, with Bruce Willis as a reformed thief forced to commit one last heist, will try to shoulder out Backdraft, director Ron Howard's fireman-buddy epic starring Kurt Russell and Robert De Niro. Maybe those two films will duke it out all summer. Or maybe they will cream each other and leave space for late May's gal-buddy movie, Thelma and Louise, with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. The success...
...imposing place. But the diplomats who work in the 19th century, 10-story structure consider it a dilapidated firetrap. Last week the building lived up to its sorry reputation as flames swept through the top floors, forcing the evacuation of 200 people. One American and one Soviet fireman were treated for smoke inhalation. The conflagration, the third to break out since 1977, is believed to have started accidentally in an elevator shaft before spreading to the upper floors and roof...