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...write, produce, and star in her own movie when she has the talent for none of these things? Why, furthermore, did Burgess Meredith (alias The Penguin) direct this play in New York, and why did it run longer than two days? And most of all, why does Flanagan insist on showing off her bestockinged legs, when there is so little to show off? These questions, like many Irish mysteries, can only be answered by some form of blarney, of which there is also plenty in this film...
...want you to do two things. In my name, I want you to call (the Egyptian Foreign Minister), tell him what we've learned, tell him the circumstances, tell him that in view of this and the fact that we, and presumably they, didn't have those facts, we insist that they prosecute those sons of bitches. The second thing: I want you to pick up the phone and call Washington and tell them what we've done. And if they want to follow it up, that's fine...
...spite of the embargo, seven students have taken it upon themselves to solicit funds, books and medical supplies to donate to Nicaragua. The grads insist that because they are donating the goods they are not breaking the embargo...
Former ComputerLand executives insist that Millard's imperiousness created his company's troubles and led to his downfall. Says Henry Fiur, a senior vice president from September 1983 to March 1984: "There wasn't the possibility of democracy at ComputerLand. It was a one-man show." Franchisees voice similar complaints. Says William Sadowski, who operates three + ComputerLand stores in suburban Chicago: "It's because of Bill's arrogance that all the problems came about...
...with Victor Hugo and Antoine de St. Exupery ("We are all passengers on the same boat, which is earth"). Then Gorbachev lambasted any "attempt to transfer military rivalry into space, as if there wasn't enough of it on earth." Finally, he added, "If those who push this matter insist on continuing their dangerous course of action, the world will find itself facing hard times...