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...heavy-handed manner in which they story gets told. Most of the film's messages lack subtlety, and the audience often senses that it is supposed to feel pity without substantial reason. Consequently, many of the scenes which have the potential to arouse the audience merely receive a lukewarm response...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: Sticks and Stones | 5/18/1984 | See Source »

Hawaii C 27 Only Mondale and Jackson are on the ballot. But lukewarm voters could elect uncommitted delegates instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Week Scoreboard | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

Much of what keeps the audience laughing--in spite of a lukewarm first act--is simply the outrageous, if implausible, predicaments each of the characters finds herself in. Babe (Cyd Quilling) the youngest, is guilty of shooting her husband because she didn't like his looks. Lenny (Caryn West), the eldest, feels incapable of consummating a relationship with a man because one of her ovaries is missing. Doc Porter (Tom Stechschulte), the debonair neighbor, suffers from a limp as a result of his roof caving in. The bizarre nature of the situation--bordering on the absurd--would make any audience...

Author: By David H. Pollock, | Title: Misdemeanors | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...Exxon, to win Senate passage twice, the last time by the overwhelming vote of 76 to 18. Ironically, a recent poll shows that even Hispanics favor tighter immigration laws, contrary to the position of their leaders. But support of organized business and labor for the bill has been lukewarm at best. The opposition of various special interests, on the other hand, remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Politics with Immigration | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...Under the best of circumstances it's lukewarm, and under the worst, it's freezing," said Seth Silbert '85. "It's consistently inconsistent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: North's Hot Water Back On | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

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