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Stephen King here tries a novel without his customary latex spider webs and prop-department zombies, and nearly makes it work. What drives Dolores Claiborne is a powerful characterization of the title figure, a cranky old Maine islander who takes no guff from life or death. In a rasping, unrepentant tale to police, she admits to murdering her rotten husband 30 years ago. Narrative logic is murky here, but her confession is supposed to show that, on the other hand, she has not murdered her employer, a rich, loony off-islander...
Science should not be expected to work miracles, as overzealous researchers sometimes seem to promise. It can't build a leakproof nuclear umbrella, stop the evolution of new plagues or prop up an economy in the face of fiscal irresponsibility. But the consensus in Washington is that the full potential of American science is not being tapped. The job ahead for Clinton, the new Congress and scientific leaders is to determine how best to use limited research dollars to reveal new knowledge -- and put that knowledge to work solving society's problems...
...Amid Europe's ongoing currency flux, Soros could have easily come out a big loser. But when the pound tumbled, his risky triumph delighted investors in the Soros-run Quantum Fund and peeved officials in Western Europe's vulnerable central banks, who were forced to cough up billions to prop up slipping currencies. Perhaps the banks' anger was just; speculators can push a currency up or down as much as 15% an hour...
Third, Crowe makes the garage door opener serve as a consistent symbol of attachment. The set decorator (Clay Griffith) and set designer (Cosmas Demetriou) manage to place this middle class prop within easy grabbing distance anytime a character is about to propose a commitment...
...production does not tear down Diego Rivera (William Rhodes) to prop up Frida Kahlo, nor does it make oppression center stage. In life, Kahlo was above that, and this production of her life also rises above simplistic analyses...