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...screen until last Thursday, and he agrees that it was overwhelming. "The movie was far too loud," he says. "And the voices were far too shrill and strident... I'm relieved I have the opportunity to get this [reworked], because it would have destroyed the film." To lighten the tone, some of the score will be softened. Miller says he is even tuning down the clank when Farmer Hoggett falls into a well, because "people thought he was dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Is the Pig in Danger of Becoming a Turkey? | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...easy persuading an organization whose motto means "Always Faithful" to lighten up on adultery. Indeed, Defense Secretary William Cohen's attempts to standardize the military's response to adultery in the ranks may have set him on a collision course with the Marines. "The Marines think of themselves as bound by a higher code, while Cohen wants uniformity, so there's bound to be conflict," says TIME Pentagon Correspondent Mark Thompson. "But defense secretaries have learned that you don't want to tangle with the Marines if you can avoid it -- they wield a lot of political power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marines Dig In Against Infidelity | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

When she finally got to physical therapy after a month's wait, Rosenbaum said the specialist "seemed generally helpful" and suggested she lighten her back-pack and do certain stretches...

Author: By Laura C. Semerjian, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A Gen X Plague? | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

When she finally got to physical therapy, the specialist "seemed generally helpful" and suggested she lighten her backpack and do certain stretches, among other things...

Author: By Laura C. Semerjian, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students, UHS Struggle With RSI Epidemic | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...like that translate into jobs for loggers. When the Eureka Times-Standard, the local paper, printed stories about Butterfly last month, it was showered with complaints. "We write about rapists, but it doesn't mean we support them," huffed editor David Little in a column defending his news judgment. "Lighten up, folks. A woman is living in a tree. Isn't that the least bit interesting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Julia Hill, Butterfly: Five Months At 180 Ft. | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

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