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...easy being an ex-President: no more Air Force One, no more Hail to the Chief, only so many boring memoirs you can foist on the public, only so many celebrity golf tournaments you can play in. Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon), a Republican, now has no one but himself on whom to practice fiscal responsibility: he steals the little shampoo bottles out of hotel rooms. Matt Douglas (James Garner), a Democrat, bravely carries on his party's tradition of sexual irresponsibility, but there's not much merriment in it. Mostly what these old rivals have going for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A RICH FILM FEAST | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

...Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk. The black experience in America as interpreted by the tapping, stomping feet of Savion Glover and company. The sketches--on how hard it is to hail a cab in Manhattan, or be a black dancing star in 1930s Hollywood--are satirically on target, and the dancers perform with demon drive. What a year for musicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST THEATER OF 1996 | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...superficial friendships, not so hot at more intimate ones. The game plan of writer-director Cameron Crowe's intricate, insinuating comedy is to get his protagonist into the end zone of emotional maturity with no more than minor injuries. For a guy like Jerry, this is pretty much a Hail Mary play. For an actor like Cruise, it is a great broken-field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ORDINARY SPORTS PEOPLE | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...face it--not too many polo greats hail from St. Louis, Missouri. Maybe that's what makes Zimmerman so good--he knows he has something to prove in a sport that is traditionally dominated by Californians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Zimmerman's Goals | 12/13/1996 | See Source »

Citing pragmatic reasons for joining forces, most of the paired candidacies hail from different extracurricular backgrounds and social groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Candidates Run on Tickets | 12/7/1996 | See Source »

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