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...nail in the coffin-the President's letter [to the Senate] that he wouldn't consider me-was no problem. This job was well worth a year of my life. There's a certain luxury to beginning again. I don't know for sure [what he will do next], but it's likely that I'll save some time for politics...
...Fake tends to nail this thesis down. For this movie does appear to represent a sort of personal statement--"This is the type of work I'd do if I didn't have to earn money," Welles says--and it merely celebrates technique. The result brings to mind the modern writer whose idea of an Artistic adventure is to describe the side of his writing desk. All along, Welles may have really needed those trusty, stock story lines to hold...
After the conviction, Miller and the boy's other local backers brought in a new lawyer and an investigator who worked to nail down the time sequence more firmly. They got assistance from a CBS executive who pinpointed exactly when a particular movie scene had been broadcast-ten seconds past 9:50-because one neighbor had been watching the scene when Peter called...
Graduation claimed last season's starter at 142 1bs., George Baker, but Bob Cusumano has come on strong to nail down the spot. He passed the sport up last winter, but was 4-4 as a freshman two seasons...
...Holland overland. Penny-wise smugglers have even used Aeroflot's discount flights across Asia, though Soviet police crackdowns in Moscow are making that route more dangerous. Tactics change daily. "You know if we see a Chinese get off a flight from Bangkok, we're going to nail him," says one Paris-based U.S. narc. To avoid that, the triads are recruiting middle-class Caucasians as "mules" for $1,000 a trip plus plane fare...