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...Shields). Yet Malle's high-voltage subject matter contrasted with an often reflective style that reached its apex in his second American film Atlantic City (1981), which starred Burt Lancaster as an aging hood playing out the role of dashing outlaw that had eluded him in his youth. His oddest film was 1981's My Dinner with Andre, a 110-minute conversation in which two friends wrestle with transcendent issues and nouvelle cuisine. But Malle called Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)--a memoir of his days at a Catholic school that concealed Jewish children from the Nazis--"the one film...
Good things come to players who work hard, and Nielsen was rewarded with one of the oddest goals of his life when his centering pass from the left corner deflected off an Acadian defender into the goal. However, the Crimson wouldn't have scored had Nielsen and his senior linemates Tommy Holmes and captain Brad Konik not managed to forecheck and keep the puck in the Axemen zone for the previous 20 seconds...
Surely one of the oddest features of the plan is the proposal for redressing the region's lopsided balance of power. The U.S. intends to ask the Bosnian Serbs to give up some of their heavy weapons; if they don't, the Americans want to use soldiers and civilian contractors to arm and train the Bosnian Muslim army. The Administration seems convinced that troops can do this and still remain evenhanded peacekeepers; critics say it's the fastest way to destroy the perception of neutrality, and the surest strategy for provoking the Serbs and Croatians. Perry, Christopher and Shalikashvili seemed...
...oddest position in the Senate belongs to none other than Alphonse D'Amato, who won election to what he claimed would be his last term despite a long history of ethical questions. Who better to preside over the Senate's White-water investigation...
...York City lawyer, flies to Washington for her usual strategy rounds at the White House. Thomases, says a Clinton White House consultant, is Hillary's best friend, and senior White House officials believe her words carry the authority of the First Lady. So they listen-at the oddest hours. "If you got a call from Susan, it was generally at midnight," said Mrs. Clinton's chief of staff, Maggie Williams, at last week's Whitewater hearings. "In our office she is known as the Midnight Caller, because that's when she has all of her ideas...