Word: longshoreman
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...Irish name, which I presume he inherited from his father. Although there are reports that his mother wasn't really sure who it was that was responsible for the sad event and took the easy way out by blaming the disaster on the last drunken longshoreman who paid a quarter to have his way with her down at the pier in Chelsea one night when she got lucky and went home with a grand total of two dollars and seventy-five cents, for the night's work and her bloomers around her ankles. Where they usually were when...
...scrupulously tidy plot concerns Meghan Carter (Sally Field), a 34-year-old bungling reporter who is handed a story by the head of an FBI task force out to break Miami's organized crime ring in any way he can. Meghan obligingly reports the story, implicating honest longshoreman Mike Gallagher (Paul Newman) in a Jimmy Hoffa-esque murder. As she presses further, Meghan is fed stories by Gallagher's childhood buddy Teresa (Melinda Dillon) and eventually by Gallagher himself, each of which she prints in an ostensible effort to be fair. The point is clear enough: Each story Meghan writes...
Newman has greater success with his portrayal of Gallagher, somehow creating a believable, sympathetic character out of a tough-but-sensitive, intelligent longshoreman, the honest son of a Mafia biggie. Blue eyes flashing, he powers the otherwise insipid film through the inevitable plot twists and romantic interludes. If he is unable to give the movie a focus, at least he gives us something to watch...
...University of Texas and Texas Heart Institute and came away marveling at their dedication. Says she: "One doctor I talked to works 18-hour days, then eats and sleeps right inside the hospital." In San Francisco, Dick Thompson watched a triple bypass operation being performed on a longshoreman. His conclusion: "In surgery, the heart seemed no more mysterious than a clock. But later, when I saw the man's family in the waiting room, I remembered that a collection of those little machines-liver, heart, brain and the rest-work together and somehow produce laughter and love...
...country's grief as an internal British affair; he and every other politician in the country should be made to recognize the British presence in Ireland for the basic violation of human rights that it is. Americans can boycott British goods, following the lead of the American longshoreman, who refused for 24 hours to load or unload ships flying the Union Jack. They can make Ireland an issue in American politics, demanding that congressmen--especially Irish pols like our own Tip O'Neill--demand the quick departure of the British. They can begin writing letters a la Amnesty International...