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White House aides argued that Career's unyielding defense of Lance was deliberate, since any admission by the President of wrongdoing by Lance would only needlessly inflict further damage on beleaguered Bert and raise the question: "Well, if he let down the President's high standards, why was the decision to resign left...
...meaning and mood his flabby creative muscles can muster. And the sluggish screenplay gives little relief. You never get the feeling that much has been lost in the translation because there isn't much to be lost in the first place. That Herzog can summon the raw nerve to inflict this unredeeming and unredeemable trash on an audience speaks volumes about what obligations he feels as an artist; that American critics pay homage to such charlatans and their non-movies says even more about the state of their art and the keenness of their judgment--or lack thereof...
Both try to protect what is left of their private lives. "One of the most ridiculous aspects of modern society," says Powell, "is the idea that everybody ought to inflict his deepest personal problems on everybody else. I think most people would be happier if they kept more to themselves." Once known as cutups who could down beers with the best of 'em, Jordan and Powell have become homebodies, of necessity. There is little time for cavorting. Though the two are thrown together regularly in the White House and on the tennis courts, they rarely see one another after...
...comes through is something larger than that. There is a general sense of ominous guilt and the specific, fatalistic conviction that an individual can only choose between crippling dependency or terrifying isolation. It is a mea sure of Strindberg's enduring power as a dramatist that he can inflict upon his characters and upon us the abnormal tensions he felt himself. The night closes in like an unrelenting vise until only the nightmare remains...
...findings at Dulles may not be applicable to J.F.K. The impact of sound varies from person to person and place to place. Thus, how much additional discomfort the Concorde will inflict on the airport's distressingly noisy neighborhood can be determined only by on-site testing. The Concorde will not make the area any quieter; but it seems unlikely that the four daily flights the British and French are seeking will perceptibly add to the annoyance already caused by the nearly 1,000 daily landings and takeoffs by subsonic aircraft...