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...know he's just very, very I apps, especially to beat a team he's not very fond of," added, junior Rob Ohno...
...Weterston imbues his performance of Schanberg with an appealing amount of moral ambivalence. Though Schanberg is truly fond of Pran, he is basically an arrogant American asshole journalist with a predilection for editorial moralizing. Schanberg is so narrow-mindedly hunting after a story that he cannot distinguish the larger picture from his dispatches, nor realize the consequences of his decision to stay. Anyone who has read Schanberg's column in the Times will find Waterston's interpretation convincing...
...other Miami players, especially the most grizzled veterans, refer to Marino in fond terms. Twelve-year Guard Ed Newman talks of protecting "the mother lode 4 yds. behind me." For bench-pressing 510 lbs. and conquering thyroid cancer, Newman is acknowledged as the strongest person on the team, possibly the most poetic. "We never questioned Marino's youth," he says, "because he has a timeless poise. It's a magical blend of humility and self-confidence. For a while I honestly wondered if he was a fluke or a dream. Now I think we all feel like we're part...
...course, wives have pull with husbands. In the Reagans' case, her impact & may be greater because the bond is stronger. After 33 years together, they are, by all accounts, rapturously fond of each other. "She has always had more influence than people generally realize," says Michael Deaver, the departing White House deputy chief of staff and long her principal ally in the Administration. Even when she does not make her position known on an issue, Administration officials have learned to anticipate her potential support or opposition and proceed accordingly. "The threat of her influence," says one White House aide...
...French, who are as fond of isms as they are of pate and Beaujolais, have been served up a succulent new buzz word by a conservative American President. In government offices and lycee classrooms, Reaganisme has become the touchstone of current discourse. Politicians, especially in the conservative opposition, measure themselves against it. Pundits ponder to what extent it might, or might not, be exportable to France...