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...Holnist Army, this mounted horde is meant to recall an army of Huns, but comes off looking like a collection of highly regimented hoboes (all of that matted facial hair, along with an uninspired dress code, doesn't help matters). The Holnists are led by one General Bethlehem (Will Patton), a ruthless former copy machine sales clerk who found his true calling in fascist leadership after nuclear war vaporized society. Because he knows five or six lines of Shakespeare and can paint a passable self-portrait, he has risen to power in a world of idiots (remember, these...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kevin Costner Goes Postal: Result Is Goofy But Goodhearted | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

...Carlesimo, in practice. At times, NBA royalty beat up fans, refs and each other, but Sprewell's attack won him a year's suspension--and the services of Johnnie Cochran. Now the streets are filled with cries of "Free Spree!" And the coach, who is no more a psycho Patton than Bobby Knight or Woody Hayes, must be wondering how an assault victim could become the perp. Advice to P.J.: This is hardball. Press charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TOP SPORTS OF 1997 | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...peddles as ideal between-meal snacks taste like candy bars laced with sawdust. When Sears sat down with a TIME reporter last week to a lunch of a grilled salmon sandwich and vegetables, he treated his plate like a battlefield. "We're going to start plotting our strategy like Patton getting ready to cross the Rhine with the Third Army," he announced, discarding his French fries and all but a scrap of bread. It's no surprise that Zone disciples tend to congregate on the coasts. Sears says Middle America will latch on within five years, but others aren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGAINST THE GRAIN | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

Harvard: The Crimson has had very inconsistent performance from its kicking specialists, though the coverage has been good. The kickoffs have been handled by Jonathan Patton, Ryan Korinken and now Mike Giampaolo, none to the delight of Murphy...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: ... Position by Position | 11/26/1997 | See Source »

Ambrose's macro war is suitably conventional. Allied Commander Eisenhower was the right man in the right job; British Field Marshal Montgomery was an obstructionist and all-round pain in the keister; Patton was the best field general of the war, despite eugenic notions that were strictly Third Reich--he pulled the bravest men off of the front to preserve their bloodlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: PROFILES IN COURAGE | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

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