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...slack, but he's oldish news by now--and so are the film's action sequences, all frantic variations by director Richard Donner on gags we've seen before. New news Chris Rock works harder than anyone else trying to get laughs as a young detective helping the old pros pursue a gang that's smuggling illegal aliens into the country, but he's caught red-handed trying to steal the picture. Get some sneakers, kid. And try whispering...
...national computer database? That's what the Clinton administration is asking Monday, as public hearings get under way on the so-called "unique health identifier." The proposal: To take the doctor's notes and hospital files on everyone in the country, centralize them, and assign us all tracking numbers. Pros: When you move, you won't have to go through the hassle of transferring your records; plus scientists will be able to follow the spread of contagious diseases much more effectively. Cons: Some 14-year-old hacker might find out about that embarassing gland condition...
...Even the pros sometimes fail to do all their homework. Last Monday I bought stock in Steelcase, the largest maker of office furniture in the U.S., only to discover afterward that it had been decked by its Canadian business. Huh? What Canadian business...
...been well coached in college; Dean Smith, sensing Jordan's offensive brilliance and his surpassing natural ability and that he had the possibility of a professional career without limitations, pushed him early on to work on his defensive game. Jordan did that in college and then in the pros, unusual for a young player who came in with such remarkable offensive skills. For not many players who can score that readily have much taste for the exhausting, gritty work at the other end of the court...
...most, and it is going to be harder than ever to get them to listen to their coaches even while they are. More and more, they will arrive on their own terms, and they will depart on their own terms as well. Then, once in the pros, there is simply too much money already guaranteed for most of them to work as hard as Michael Jordan did, year after year, to perfect his game...