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...they can take part in several trends at once and get a smoother ride. Hasbro, Mattel and Coleco, the No. 3 toymaker, will account for about 35% of this year's industry revenues, compared with less than 15% five years ago. But these big firms now compete with a manic rivalry that resembles that of computer or soft-drink companies...
...whole, Medved is a lucky man. Hunt was "strongly entertaining the possibility of a major affective disorder, namely Bipolar Disorder or Manic Depressive Illness." But the mood passed. He "currently considers it more likely that [Medved] had an immature personality." Even "if he did suffer from Bipolar Disorder, then his jumping and defection attempt would likely have been secondary to the illness, and thus, still impulsive in nature...
...Some Dakotans were mystified by the course Roosevelt chose. He struggled on for ten more days, downriver and cross- country in brutal cold, standing guard through the nights, until he found a sheriff. He handed his prisoners over to the law. Much exertion over a rowboat. Much exertion, even manic bravado, in behalf of the idea of justice...
TRAPPED IN NEW YORK'S Soho district, Paul Hackett is Desperately Seeking Sanity, encountering manic-depressive prom queens, time-warped cocktail waitresses, avenging ice-cream truck drivers and shaver-brandishing slam dancers around every corner. For Paul, the evening had begun innocently enough, running into Beautiful Stranger Marcie (Rosanna Arquette) at a mid-town diner as each pretended to enjoy a solitary meal. In no time at all, the two exchange phone numbers, and after checking the cable T.V. schedule for the evening, Paul decides to try his luck with the lady from uptown. Tempting him with the prospect...
...fact that Streep and co-stars Sting and Tracey Ullman are able to break through the film's hard crust of mediocrity is a tribute to their collective talent and bravura. Brilliantly manipulating a spectrum of emotions from pastoral innocence to manic depression to pulsating sexuality, Streep may very well clinch the third Oscar of her career as the little--lost--activist. Once again, her most appealing characteristic is her chameleon-like control of facial expression. In one of the film's most fleeting but poignant moments (and probably the only one in which Baker's off-the-wall pacing...