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...believable. As Mcclane, his interactions with Sgt. Al Powell (Reginald Vel Johnson), allowed him to show that he had a soul, something action heroes rarely possess. In the last 10 years, he should have developed into an actor of moresurprising dimensions. But bad choices like "Blind Date" and "Hudson Hawk" brought him quickly back to earth. Now he is having a kind of resurgence, sparked first by his excellent performance in "Pulp Fiction," and blown into flame by the greatness of "Die Hard With a Vengeance...
With nobody out and Hawk runners on first and second, O'Toole singled to center. The lead baserunner rounded third base and headed for home...
...this century, however, the war remains a living memory, in both Vietnam and America. Senior writer George Church, who put together this issue's history of the last days of the war--as recalled by its survivors--remembers a personal dilemma. "Originally, I was a strong hawk," he says. "But the 1968 Tet offensive convinced me that we could fight forever and not win--certainly until my son, then six, reached draft age. Let's hope nothing ever tears us apart this way again." The Vietnamese too, Gibney notes, "are beginning to re-evaluate the terrible losses...
...steps": all 10 remaining active-duty Army divisions would lose their top readiness ratings, and the Air Force, Navy and Marines would drastically cut flying time and training exercises. Some worried House Approriations subcommittee members reportedly dashed off to lobby House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who said, "I'm a hawk, but I'm a cheap hawk...
...confronted "at every step" with "ready-made paintings which would make the fame and fortune of 20 generations of painters." And in a sense he was right. From Delacroix on, Oriental exoticism would bulk ever larger in the offerings of the Paris salon: slave markets, dim fretted courtyards, hawk-nosed Arabs and their Barbary mounts, recumbent houris...