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...vinegar in a supermarket, but where is a clerk who can give a guiding word about these products? Airlines offer a bonanza of cheap fares, but many travel agents no longer want to be bothered handling such unprofitable business. That leaves consumers on their own, so they have to grab brochures and do their homework if they hope to make a correct decision. To take advantage of consumer advances today requires a tougher and smarter buyer...
DAVE, THE MOST grotesquely warped of our trio, made a grab for the steel ball and disappeared down the hallway, yelling something about Bowling for Doorknobs. Austin and I exchanged glances of abject terror. We knew about Dave's fetish for doors. One door in particular. "Daaaaaaaaave...
There are darker currents, too, of a passive racism. The black soldiers are occasionally patronized and sentimentalized; they stand to the side while the white soldiers grab all the big emotions. And the Vietnamese are either pathetic victims or the invisible, inhuman enemy. In the scheme of Platoon (and not just Platoon) they do not matter. The nearly 1 million Vietnamese casualties are deemed trivial compared with America's loss of innocence, of allies, of geopolitical face. And the tragedy of Viet Nam is seen as this: not that they died, but that we debased ourselves by killing them...
Whether Ronald Reagan has the verve, the understanding and the imagination to grab it is the hour's most intriguing question. It will take a touch of humility, a bit of conciliation and no little amount of old-fashioned soft soap. If he misses the opportunity, then in all likelihood the system will roll by and maybe even over him while he huddles in the White House, a giant become pitiful...
...after the final Yale goal, flags were waved, feet were stomped and Yale players were mauling each other near mid-ice. Fans reached over the boards to grab a piece of Kudelski or any Bulldog they could get their hands...