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...peaceful cry in the luncheonette across the street. For it is just then that a masked and seemingly psychopathic gunman (Jerry Reed) decides to hold up the place. With a little help from Sonny Paluso (Walter Matthau), who is also abashed to be out of work, Donald manages to foil the crime. Neither brave nor bright, he just cannot help extending the general messiness of his life to everyone he meets, even criminals...
Constructed primarily of several thin layers of polyethylene, foil and paper, the containers can keep milk and other liquids fresh for several months without refrigeration. Reason: the airtight packaging seals in its sterilized contents. That has been a crucial marketing aid in countries where transportation and refrigeration are limited...
...controversy focused in part on the ethical problems of creating life in the lab, but it was mostly over the potential health hazards resulting from the creation of new bacteria strains which could foil the human immune system. For several months recombinant DNA research was banned completely in Cambridge, and eventually the City Council passed an ordinance which made binding the National Institute of Health's guidelines for genetics research. The council also outlawed the so-called "P-4" research, or the most dangerous experimentation dealing with infectious organisms such as diphtheria toxin and yellow fever virus...
...Feud as a tale is hardly distinguished. Berger's telling is. His language, rich in prewar idiom, is precise and laconic, the perfect foil to his slapstick plot. At first encounter, the characters appear to have been made of pig bladders, but the deeper their predicaments, the more convincing they become. The romance between Bernice and Ernie, a Hornbeck layabout, has the ring of lowlife truth. Says a sincere Ernie after a night of backseat love and a bottle of Rock 'n' Rye: "I'm sure trying to figure out a way to tell you what...
Goode, a phlegmatic campaigner, is a stylistic foil to the flamboyant Rizzo. He greets commuters at subway stops with a brisk handshake, but often does not ask for their votes. His master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and proven administrative talents reassure many white voters, but he is viewed as dull and humorless. A Goode aide was so afraid his candidate would forget to smile during a TV debate that he drew a smiling face on Goode's opening statement...