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...aquifer containing the ore also supplies water to an estimated 10,000 people in and around Crownpoint, a town in which dusty yards are decorated with stripped-down car frames and visiting neighbors honk their horn rather than ring the doorbell. Less than 10% of the local Navajo stand to benefit directly from the mining leases, and many of the rest, conditioned by a history of false promises from outsiders, aren't buying Hydro Resources' assurances that their water will remain unpolluted by the mine...
...lies go, it wasn't a very good one. To anyone who ever raised a child, Tawana's story had the unmistakable ring of a whopper--an extreme example of a script that a desperate 15-year-old might well invent if, like Tawana, she had gone AWOL for a few days and needed to deflect a feared stepfather's wrath...
Together, the two share an almost palpable trust; the bond between the policemen seems more durable than ties of family. One is strong where the other is weak, and together they make a match for any crime ring in California. The Glover-Gibson partnership is also solid in less serious ways. Glover is a straight man of sorts to a more irrepressible Gibson, but both men have perfect timing when delivering the insulting, constant repartee that masks the deep affection between the two. Gibson and Glover turn the cops' bad habit of saving serious conversations for the middle of serious...
Once, when George Bush and President Clinton were seated on either side of the host at one of those dreadful Washington dinners, rescued only by the glorious ring of the Marine Band, Bush leaned over to the host and whispered, "The thing I miss most about the White House is the Marine Band." A moment later, Clinton, from the other side, confided to the same man, "The thing I enjoy most about being President is the Marine Band...
...from half-mad he dwindled first to charming eccentricity and now, in Lethal Weapon 4, he's just another guy with a commitment problem. In short, he's no longer an interesting problem for Murtaugh or even for Rene Russo's Lorna, the lady patiently waiting for his wedding ring...