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...develop its Cortina, which became one of its most successful product introductions ever. Raised in Scotland, the son of a carpet layer and upholsterer and the only non-college graduate to hold the top position, Trotman is better suited and % more polished these days. But he still likes the rough-and-tumble of an honest working-class spat, almost fondly recalling the good brawls in Britain. "The manufacturing guys were terrifying people," he says with a trace of a burr. "They were barons who would throw you out of the plant if you went in there without permission. Literally...
...some of the hundreds of phone calls Johnson made to power brokers and political friends as he sought to steady the government and reassure the country in the days following the Kennedy assassination. They reveal, like few things before, this tumultuous man who responded to duty, this raw and rough-riding man of power who gloried in authority and drama even while being sensitive to tragedy...
...rough-and-tumble, folksy ways had worked well for Johnson in the Senate's closed and clubby atmosphere and made him respected and feared among the Capitol's insiders. But his style often raised ridicule and suspicion in the national spotlight where he had to dwell as President. Life-and-death issues like the cold war and Vietnam required, more than anything, calm, study and courage -- not theatrics...
Though the film is mostly entertaining throughout, the mixed genres and themes sometimes clash, leaving the audience with a sour note. The dynamic among the pursuers is sometimes poorly integrated with the rough and tumble adventures of Baynes and Philip. The thrill of the chase is lost when the pursuers' high-tech vehicle goes out of commssion somewhere in the middle of the film. Haynes is the superior runner, and the audience feels let down when the prospect of impending danger is relinquished so easily. The next point of tension is a dramatic one which makes a screeching contrast...
...clara, the rough-brewed beer the state sells on Sunday in the town plaza, has loosened his tongue. For 30 years his life was good, he says, until dollars were allowed. "I worked, I earned my pay, my family could live just like my neighbors." But he has no family in the U.S. to send money, no relatives working in tourism to collect tips. "Some people can have dollars; I only earn pesos," says Alberto. "The people with dollars can buy a pair of shoes, and I cannot. Why should my neighbor have more than...