Word: refreshing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final fight is pretty exciting, no matter how bad the rest of the movie may be. So your best bet is to arrive an hour-and-a-half late, catch the fight at the end, sit through the break between showings and watch the initial bout to refresh your memory. Then you'll be ready for Rocky III--"the story continues a little more...
Tuggle's approach to his tale is refresh ingly hardheaded; he does not bother with psychological attitudinizing, superfluous subplots or forced comic relief. Once he has introduced us to his characters, as well as to Alcatraz's labyrinthal layout and elaborate security procedures, he unveils his puzzle: How do a few unarmed, heavily guarded cons break out of a maximum-security fortress surrounded by the treacherous waters of San Francisco Bay? The answer to this question proves to be as ingenious, precise and exciting as one might wish. There are no fudged details or deus ex machina plot...
...Savit will have penned his last piece as an undergraduate sportswriter for The Crimson. This may seem trite amidst review sections and all-nighters in the dining hall, and probably will continue to seem so until you pick up The Crimson at breakfast next September and find little to refresh...
...plight of the cowboy in the age of computer ranching is a familiar story. Journalist Jane Kramer nevertheless manages to refresh the tale with a selection of tactful though telling observations and details that, with allowances for scenery and idiom, remind one of Jane Austen at Mansfield Park. "Onion was ornery and bucked a lot and enjoyed kicking over the chair that Henry, at six, climbed to mount him. It took a while for them to arrive at the abusive, affectionate arrangement that Henry later claimed was so instructive to them both...
...poor, dear, dead Martha Mitchell [Sept. 12] is to blame for Watergate. I didn't think it possible for Richard Nixon to sink lower, but he surely has hit rock bottom this time. God indeed rest and refresh the soul of this valiant and martyred lady...