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Unfortunately the enthusiasm occasionally distorts Shakespeare's work, focusing attention too strongly on the actor and showcasing an ego that would be more attractive if left wrapped in a character. Except for a single chair, there's nothing and no one onstage to upstage McKellen. Of this he takes maximum advantage...
...Reagan Administration, the authors dryly conclude, "chose to pursue a strategy of maximum public impact" by rushing to judgment without sound scientific analysis. Despite the damning article, the Administration still stands by the accusation...
...same for Rita, Sue and Bob Too. The former (Siobhan Finneran and Michelle Holmes) baby-sit for the latter (George Costigan). When he drives them home after work, they chipperly take turns putting out for him. A minimum of romantic spirit and a maximum of haste mark these encounters. Monosyllabically written by Andrea Dunbar, directed with documentary flatness by Alan Clarke, this movie achieves a cinematic rarity: a perfect lack of grace. And thus a perfect match of style and subject. If we believed these figures were capable of rising above themselves and their drab surroundings, we would probably...
...indictments may be brought. But last week the campaign against wrongdoing in Manhattan's financial community took another step forward as Lawyer Israel Grossman, 34, was found guilty on 38 counts of mail and securities fraud related to insider trading. Grossman, who will be $ sentenced Sept. 15, faces a maximum of five years in jail and a $250,000 fine on each count...
Nowhere is the problem more acute than in depressed Texas, where a revenue squeeze has forced lawmakers to limit the rate of prison expansion. The prison system, with a theoretical maximum capacity of 40,476, has been closed to new arrivals 17 times in 1987, most recently last week. Last spring authorities were forced to release some 1,000 inmates ahead of schedule. Even with quarters for 5,500 more prisoners in the planning stage, the state is still on the hunt for additional rooms at low-budget costs. Says Andy Collins, deputy director of operations for the prison system...