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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Davis still tells friends that Goldwyn never got his name straight, referring to him as "Marvin." That slight dogs the Paramount chief to this ( day: he is often confused with Marvin Davis, the Denver oilman who is making a bid for Northwest Airlines. As the struggle for control of Time Inc. heats up, Martin Davis' relative obscurity is likely...
Throughout history, empires in their death throes have often caused as much ; trouble as when they were in the ascendant. What spasms of military desperation might accompany the crumbling of the Soviet bloc? What if some new Chinese warlord in a breakaway province ended up with a few of his country's nuclear-armed missiles...
When a country's name disappears from the map, it is often the result of conquest or collapse. But there is a less violent explanation that proves the pen is at least as mighty as the sword. Perhaps the country has merely changed its name...
Ambitious goals, most of which are not realized. The film stints on narrative surprise. It prowls -- slowly, so slowly -- in search of grandeur, but it often finds murk. It permits a few inside jokes (a cartoon of a bat in a suit, drawn by Kane), but mines its main humor from the Joker's ribald misanthropy ("This town needs an enema"). Batman's style is both daunting and lurching; it has trouble deciding which of its antagonists should set the tone. It can be as manic as the Joker, straining to hear the applause of outrage...
...laws and negative publicity have prompted the watercraft industry to expand its safety campaign. Industry spokesmen maintain that the machines are safe but that they are too often used irresponsibly. "Many people who are buying personal watercraft are buying their first boat," says Catherine Martin, spokeswoman for the International Jet Ski Boating Association. "They'll break some of the laws that other boaters are aware of without even knowing that they're alienating anybody...