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Hopper probably would have been able to do even more had he been given an adequate script with which to work, one not partial to such two-sentence Stallonian profundities as, Man One: "I hope it works out this time." Man Two: "It's gotta work out this time, or that's it for good...

Author: By David A. Shaywitz, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...clearly stated code of laws which they could debate, endorse and use as a basis for their defense if they were facing disciplinary procedures. Eisert has said the Faculty is not ready to accept such a revamping of the process and that pressing for one would only jeopardize the partial "reform" the council provisionally voted to support last Sunday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRR Reform | 2/24/1987 | See Source »

...areas, precisely where the reforms have generated less enthusiasm. To older workers in state industries, the demand for greater efficiency, with the threat of bankruptcy as the goad, presages more work with less job-security. Government bureaucrats and factory party committees resent and dislike the price rises which the partial freeing of the market has already meant...

Author: By Roderick L. Macfarquhar, | Title: Flowers Clipped in China | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

Indeed, the Pope turned down Jaruzelski's offer to restore diplomatic relations with the Vatican and brought up Poland's human rights record. But Jaruzelski pronounced the meeting at least a partial success. Said he: "Two Poles must always understand each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: Trying to Get Respect | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

...instance, to anyone with a flair for chemistry, understanding the meanings of most terms found on the outside of commercially-packaged food or health-care products pose little problem. Partially hydrogenated soybean oil is simply oil extracted from soybeans, which contains several double-bonded carbon atoms per molecule, that has been reacted with hydrogen and a catalyst. This process breaks some of the double bonds, enabling a few more of the carbon atoms to accept electrons from the hydrogen. Partial or complete hydrogenation is performed to make a substance remain solid at higher temperatures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Language | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

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