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...life jackets, a pan full of plastic dishes, a box of Zatarain's crab boil (since 1889), a bottle of Hunt's All Natural barbecue sauce, a bottle of Seven Seas Viva Italian dressing, a bottle of Formula 409 all-purpose cleaner, a can of Bush's Best whole-kernel golden corn, a can of Shurfine early harvest sweet peas, a can of La Choy meatless chow mein, two jars of Ragu Chunky Gardenstyle 100% Natural spaghetti sauce, a can of Trappey's jalapeno navy beans (flavored with slab bacon), a can of New Orleans French Market chicory coffee...
There is a kernel of truth in this that transcends the usual press charge that government lies, conceals, misleads. Press skepticism has actually increased since the Reagan Administration developed into a high art form the symbolic rituals of optimism and a talent for minimizing embarrassing news. We now get government salesmanship by pageantry, which television feels compelled to present while trying to offset it by commentary. The result can hardly be called reality...
...Wilson has committed himself to doing a great deal of work on this thing," he said. "He'll have to get used to condensing a complete thought into a kernel of wisdom...
...legend is sensationalist, but it contains a kernel of truth. And the mere presence of such a legend indicates, administrators say, that the pressure on pre-medical students is too intense. "For many students, especially sophomore year when they're taking organic chemistry, it [a pre-medical education] is bell," says Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of the Faculty John E. Dowling...
WITH THE GROUNDWORK thus laid out. Herzog sends Kinski and his crew up the river. They chug in a rickety steamship chiristened the Molly-Aida--a name which contains the symbolic kernel of film. The yoking of Molly (Claudia Cordinate), a brothel madame, and Fitzearruldo's mistress, and Verdi's opera is a neon sign for the Juxtapostio of Prostitution and Art. It's Imperialism and the Musc, strolling in hand up into the old Heart of Darkness. Unfortuantely, this potentialty interesting irony is crushed by the film's mass. P>Early in journey upstream. Herzog achieves one scene...