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Pulling an Allnighter has a certain macho mystique that transcends the methodical regularity of daily trips to the library. It's homework with flair, the difference between slipping down the waterslide into the kiddie pool and roaring off Niagara Falls in a barrel; between strolling along the Freedom Trail and sauntering through the Combat Zone carrying an envelope stamped "BANK WITHDRAWAL...
Despite the assurances of macho men such as Robert Kliesmet, the NRA is attempting to deregulate handguns to stimulate an otherwise tight firearms market. Their bill weakens a dozen provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968, passed after the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Most important, it allows the sale of handguns to out-of-state residents, something presently illegal. Under this new law, someone desperate for a gun, or someone who wants to avoid having his record checked, can simply travel to another state...
...self-satisfied males. Nasser himself remains an important hair's breadth away from merely detestable because he retains a sense of brotherly loyalty and an affectionate nature--although he does deal in very detestable and profitable muck. The real villain is Nasser's right-hand man, the fully macho Salim, who smuggles drugs and handles the rough stuff of the business...
...might have been expected, Reagan knew just what to do once his SOB got loose. Indeed, there are those suspicious souls who think he may have promoted the escape just to establish a little macho for the coming budget battles. Only a couple of hours went by before White House Spokesman Larry Speakes was explaining that the President had no recollection of letting out an SOB. He had just turned to Packard and remarked, "It's sunny and you're rich...
...underground that was only waiting for a signal of support to rise up and overthrow Fidel Castro. Reddin presents the Bay of Pigs fiasco as a dress rehearsal by America's best and brightest for their misjudgments in Viet Nam. Some of the funniest scenes depict the white-collar macho of bureaucrats who react to caution as a sign of deficient manhood. Reddin's cutting strokes are more often subtle, as in brief, oddly sympathetic glimpses of Castro and Richard Nixon. The central character is an eager, puppyish former Yalie tapped to train the invaders in communications. Peter MacNicol--best...