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...Congress. But the President remains an irrepressible optimist. As he grappled with his economic predicament and the recalcitrance on Capitol Hill last week, he told an old joke about the ever-hopeful little boy who finds himself standing amid a pile of horse manure on Christmas morning. The punch line: "There must be a pony in here someplace." -By Walter Isaacson...
...weaved, Hearns stalking while Leonard danced sideways, trying to stay out of reach of Hearns' terrible right hand. As an amateur, Hearns was known as a boxer, not a slugger. He lowered his hand position after turning pro, and the extra leverage he acquired gave him a ferocious punch. Hearns used the advantage of his reach to flick jabs into Leonard's face, while Leonard, trying to get inside those long arms, was forced to bend until his torso was almost parallel to the canvas, then reach up to keep his punches above the belt. Looking like...
Hearns won those early rounds, but nearly as much fighting took place after the bell as before. Hearns exorcised his anger by refusing to be separated, and Leonard obliged him in those brief exchanges. But if Hearns' potential knockout punch was a bomb ticking, so was Leonard's blinding hand speed and his capacity to exploit an opening. In the sixth round, Hearns dropped his right hand too far, and Leonard swooped into the opening with a savage left hook. Hearns was rocked back on his heels and, suddenly wobbly, retreated to the ropes. While Hearns reeled, Leonard...
...fifth stanza Leonard waved his hand as if to throw a bolo punch. Hearns responded by mocking Leonard, and neither fighter landed a significant punch the entire round...
Kasdan's dialogue sometimes scans to sitcom rhythms. Transitions between sequences are too often punch lines to jokes played on the characters and the audience. But there are good sitcoms and bad, and Continental Divide is superior. John Belushi has dispensed with his randy Neanderthal persona to play that most hallowed of Hollywood leading-man roles: the extraordinary ordinary guy. Blair Brown is an earthy aristocrat and a resourceful actress: her face puffs and blotches beautifully when Nell's emotions demand it. If they are not quite Tracy and Hepburn, they will do until the real thing comes...