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...There was a special debate in the House on arms control. The Senate held heated hearings on the Administration's strategic policy that raised sharp questions about the need for new weapons systems. Urged by anxious aides to get out front on a populist issue that threatens to overwhelm his plans for a massive military buildup, President Reagan held his first evening press conference-broadcast on television's prime time-to assure his fellow citizens that he shared their worries. Said the President in his opening statement: "My goal is to reduce nuclear weapons dramatically, assuring lasting peace...
...jumping corps should once again be the deepest and most dependable area of the track team. Gus Udo, Jimmy Johnson and versatile Mark Henry are all coming off outstanding indoor seasons and should continue to overwhelm their opponents...
...evocation of national reconciliation would look like a plea for mercy and be submerged in a crisis that would make the turmoil over Viet Nam seem trivial. Nixon's enemies were about to be handed the weapon they had been seeking. In the tornado of suspicion about to overwhelm us, my appeal to idealism would sound vacuous if not cynical. The outcome of the recent election might well be reversed; there was likely to be a battle to the death...
...evocation of national reconciliation would look like a plea for mercy and be submerged in a crisis that would make the turmoil over Viet Nam seem trivial. Nixon's enemies were about to be handed the weapon they had been seeking. In the tornado of suspicion about to overwhelm us, my appeal to idealism would sound vacuous if not cynical. The outcome of the recent election might well be reversed; there was likely to be a battle to the death...
Penn and Tesich stuff so many old so many old socks of social issues into this laundry bag of a movie that the odors overwhelm. They drag us through a predictable much of cliches--a drug trip, a terminally ill college roommate--losing fun and movement in the search for "meaning". All the classic themes, the signs of the times, proliferate but they all fall flat...