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...major strength of Fat City lies in the performances of its supporting players. As Oma. Tully's alcoholic girlfriend. Susan Tyrell slightly overdoes her part. She still succeeds, however, in projecting a child-like vulnerability and a profound sadness in her attempt to bolster an almost non-existent self-respect. Oma's black lover whom Tully temporarily displaces, Reuben, Tully's manager, and the other boxers and trainers are all excellent in their roles. Despite the small material each has to play with, they rise beyond the level of caricature to enliven the grim and unrewarding world that the movie...
Each of the characters is preoccupied with an illusion. For Reuben, Ernie represents the new "great white hope." With her lover. Oma feels that it is racial prejudice dragging her down: she avoids confronting the emptiness of the life she has created. Faye, Ernie's girlfriend, sees him as her vehicle toward the future: he is the means to escape the loneliness of her life. Ernie's dreams rest on his strength and on his hopes for Reuben's management. His shattered mentor, Tully, foreshadows the more likely end to Ernie's career...
Unclear Process. In reporting en the two outbreaks before the New York Academy of Sciences last week, Dr. Morin and Dr. James Sullivan of Oma ha's Creighton University still hesitated to blame cobalt absolutely. The heart-muscle damage was indeed characteristic of the poisoning effects of cobalt buildup. But none of the victims had actually consumed enough cobalt to poison a normal person. The doctors theorized that the patients' alcoholic habits had in some way lessened their systems' ability to handle the added chemical...
...computer center in Seattlen and a $4,700,000 physics lab at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Til. Daly's 300-man staff is now working on 60 projects worth more than $200 million, including a dormitory, research building and student center at Jesuit-run Creighton University in Oma ha that will be part of a $45 million master plan Daly created...
...process called "decating," the cloth passes over a steam box, shrinking it more, setting it, and putting on a smooth finish. About three yards of cloth (almost the amount required to make a suit) are lost in these processes which less expensive manufacturers ($50-65 suits) often oma...