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Fishburne's character is the only truly original one, and Fishburne himself is more than reason enough to see this film. He participates a little in the silliness at the end, but he ought to be a shoo-in for a Best Supporting Actor nomination. One hopes that the Academy can overlook the limitations of the script and focus on his virtuosic performance. Without showing extreme emotion, he conveys a violence and complexity of character that is fascinating to watch...
...some, didn't surprise us. Clinton's only real weapon, moral suasion, has never trumped greed--and greed is what this whole sorry mess is all about. ``It's just a few hundred folks trying to figure out how to divide nearly $2 billion,'' said the President plaintively. ``They ought to be able to do that.'' Clinton obviously didn't understand that the baseball strike is like Somalia: simple on the outside, a quagmire once you're in. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who enjoyed a cushy teaching gig before moving inside the Beltway, seems similarly at sea. ``I've never...
...Revolucion. At first the 68-year-old Cuban leader ``struck me as looking rather frail,'' observes Prager. ``Older than I thought.'' But ``as we got to dinner and we got into a conversation and the adrenaline began to flow, he became the kind of Castro you think Castro ought to be. Lively. Articulate. Talks with his hands, looks...
...resigned, those people without ideals, have given up hope. They settle for less than they ought to because they don't think they are albe to achieve more. Idealless people give up because, to their minds, there is nothing left to affect, nothing more to deserve. There is no compass, no motor, no destination other than the starting point...
...libraries and lectures are full of the literary legacies of many who knew--and some who know--how to write. In Harvard classrooms, it is to their voices that we ought to be listening. At home late at night, we might listen...