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There was a peculiar precedent for her escape: in 1979 Sara Jane Moore, who tried to kill Ford just 17 days after Fromme's attempt, escaped from Alderson (Moore was recaptured only hours later and sent to a California prison). Fromme's flight surprised prison officials, particularly since the mild- mannered inmate had turned down an offer for a parole hearing in 1985. "She seemed O.K. to me," said Associate Warden Maureen Atwood. "But she's kind of strange." Authorities speculated that Fromme might have heard unconfirmed rumors that Manson was dying of cancer and become desperate...
...admission: $10) that he speaks with the voice of Soli, an "off-planet being" who has never actually lived on earth. Dressed in a white-peaked cap, purple shirt and purple shoes, Rowe clutches a bottle of Evian water as the voice emerges from him in a rather peculiar British accent. "You are here to express who you are," says Soli. "You are here to search for yourself. The highest recognition you can make is that I am what I am. All that is, is. You are God. You are, each and every one, part of the Second Coming...
...unique, he was not peculiar, therewere other cases like his," he said...
...does he? With his campaign running near empty, long on crisp ideas but woefully short of money and notice, he finds himself fueled by that blend of humor, optimism and righteousness peculiar to dark-horse crusaders. It helps him endure those indignities that now come with a campaign, such as confessing that he had used marijuana. It helps him endure the awkward difficulty of having to explain such admissions over the phone to his two young sons...
Running Man works because its action scenes work, but also because it catches its audience in a peculiar bind. The audience of the game show in Running Man represents a bloodthirsty society, a bunch of middle-class husbands and housewives and some little old ladies vehemently cheering on what amounts to a gladiator show. We laugh at this absurdity when members of the audience are given door prizes for choosing the stalkers, but in the very next scene we find ourselves cheering for some of the violence, too. When the studio audience stops cheering for the stalkers and starts cheering...