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When the patient returns to the operating room, the surgeon removes the catheter and inserts the nephroscope. Optic fibers in the device provide a clear view of the quarry. The doctor then eases a tiny, basket-like grabbing device through the nephroscope and manipulates it to grasp and remove the stone...
...stars are cool and funny in these passages. But in the reach for psychic novelty, the script exceeds its grasp on persuasive reality. Neither jokes nor fast, flashy action can completely distract audiences from the failure to establish an authentic, rather than a purely conventional connection between Nolte and Murphy...
...seems to have lost some versatility, Granted, this script does not call for a wide emotional range, but surely the woman can do something besides act perplexed and frightened. Borderline hysteria can be mildly tiring. Hayes's Ted, with matinee-idol looks, seems to have a better grasp on his character's emotional range. But in a film like this, great acting is not of the essence. The cast provides sufficient body for the swift and silly script; they don't need to do much more. After all, Airplane II is not great deathless, sorry Mike and Al. But what...
There is, however, a danger in the President's approach that should be appreciated even by those who share his principles. Those conservative principles now have by far their most effective spokesman ever in Reagan, whose theatrics have been brilliant. But his grasp on the substance of his responsibilities is much less secure, and he threatens to push his principles to an extreme. A military buildup faster than the country can afford, combined with tax cuts so deep they produce staggering deficits, could lead to total economic stagnation. This, in turn, could discredit the whole conservative agenda. If that happens...
...third stanza, and then, with seven minutes left in the game. K-Land scored its only points. On fourth down, with the ball at the Winthrop 23, Sherlock fell back to pass. Finding and open receivers, be rolled left and threw a desperation pass to Rollie Olvera. Unable to grasp the ball. Olvera tipped it to a wide-open Gordon Anderson in the end zone. The score became 14-8 when Sherlock found Dwayne Jones for the two-point conversion...