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...flicks that we are not surprised when the producers fall back on cliched trick endings to escape from beneath the mountain of one-liners they have created. Instead of thinking, "My, wasn't that a hair-brained half-hour, completely devoid of artistic merit," we are supposed to say, "Gee, that really did have a point, didn...
...Medford at first looks fairly familiar, a blacktop and stucco fantasia of gas stations and fast-fooderies sprawling out along a meandering, not-too-clean creek. But the mountains that rim the valley are tipped with snow and trimmed with dark firs that wipe the skyline like distant eyelashes. "Gee, Dad," the boy says, nose pressed to the window, "could we really move out here...
...feel. But he was also sending a diplomatic signal. If there was any doubt, the Iranians now know that they won't gain anything by toughening their bargaining stance or holding back on something. I think some of the liberals in our country would have us believe that "gee, if you say anything nasty about them, you won't get anything done." The Iranians don't play by those rules. We forget that the rhetoric of the Iranian leaders has been much more shrill. They have made vicious personal attacks on Jimmy Carter. They say plenty...
...whatever moved Neil to emphasize the parallels remains obscure. But the gift was one of immense ingenuity and generosity?because the shopping spree was given in Ronald's name. Yet when it was presented to Reagan, along with a poem Neil wrote for the occasion, Ronald reacted by saying, "Gee, that's keen." It is difficult to know if he was moved or not, but he certainly did not wish to give the impression (satisfaction) of having been moved...
College has passed away for these people. There are no "Boats" and "Astro 8" and "gee, I'd better thing up a topic for that eight-page paper due tomorrow." Sleeping through classes no longer seems cool. These students are in class from 8:30 until 5:30, and if this isn't the Real World, it comes a hell of a lot closer than college...