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...might be added that many women find his crooked grin and the glint in his hazel eyes downright sexy. But it is also true that in preparing for Big, one scene of which displays all but a few centimeters of Hanks' pelt, he had to work out for weeks at a Manhattan gym, huffing and puffing to reduce that upholstered posterior, expand that narrow chest and flatten that soft stomach. Even so, he will not give Arnold Schwarzenegger any competition. In fact he found himself gasping at the end of a tough scene in which he and Robert Loggia dance...
...slicked back, and his eyebrows, frozen like question marks above his eyes, seem to ask, "Who me, cause a fuss?" A sometime Sunday-school teacher, he is fond of saying, "Well, bless your heart," his voice a velvet bass carried by a Carolina drawl. But in an instant, a glint appears in his eye as he hatches yet another plan to tie the Senate in knots. Meet the other Jesse Helms, the wily parliamentary terrorist who has blocked civil rights legislation, held ambassadorships hostage and undermined treaties...
When the question of obstructionism is raised, Helms seems wounded. He plays by the book, he says. "I'm accused of holding up nominations and frustrating the will of the Senate. When you look at the record, it's not so." Then that glint flashes again, and he admits, "The reputation is quite valuable, because it has a certain amount of effect. They know I'm capable of it." That they do. Senate colleagues will attest that Helms has SPECIAL HANDLING stamped all over him, and some grumble that he has poured sand into the Senate's engine...
...watching the band playing the titillating song. Eventually, Cat meets up with Prince on the top of the stage in front of a heart-shaped looking glass which tilts slowly, and the two "lovers" lie down on it as two neon signs forming the words "LOVE" and "SEX" glint in the mirror...
...confession tainted the memory of that 1985 championship game. After reading McLain's piece, you looked back on that championship with a bitter glint in your eyes. Instead of seeing a bunch of fine athletes stunning a highly-favored opponent, you saw Gary McLain and you saw cocaine...