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...verdict against the company in a suit against it. It looks like chickens (or in this case, sharks) have come home to roost. And sharks cannabalism is such a rare thing that when it happens, all the rest of the fish in the sea can't help gathering to savor the spectacle...
...would spit in his face, if I could but see him." Memories of his past have obviously obsessed Roth for most of his adult life, but he no longer seems willing -- as he did so memorably in Call It Sleep -- to let his readers experience and savor them firsthand. Perhaps when later volumes of Ira's story appear, the place of this first long chapter in the grand design will be clearer. For now, the book may strike all too many expectant Roth fans as an invitation to fall asleep...
...firm find out too. When they confect a phony excuse to fire him, Andy sues for wrongful dismissal and hires a skeptical, cut-rate attorney (Denzel Washington) to defend him. Can the case against these powerful solons be won? And if so, will Andy be alive to savor the victory? Philadelphia's agony lies less in these questions than in Andy's drastic deterioration. Hanks so scrupulously, heroically mimes the wasting wrought by the disease, from chest lesions to a 30-lb. weight loss, that Jonathan Demme's film ultimately becomes a documentary on the ravages of AIDS...
...confusing, as the sequencesshift between depicting Dieyi with long, stringyhair to Dieyi as the short-haired, successfulactor who has Beijing at his feet. A film thatcannot be shows in Taiwan (more than half of itsactors are from mainland China), "Farewell MyConcubine" is nonetheless a movie that Americansat least can savor and enjoy, providing us with aunique look at Chinese history and culture.Professor Watson would be proud
Chretien could have used the spare time to savor the Liberals' stunning comeback to power after nine years in opposition. He had been derided by the ruling Progressive Conservatives as "yesterday's man" -- until voters handed the Tories the worst defeat in the history of any Canadian party. In Oct. 25 balloting, they reduced the party's House of Commons strength from 155 seats to a shockingly rock-bottom 2 and simultaneously gave Chretien a comfortable 177-seat majority. Prime Minister Kim Campbell lost her seat and soon, no doubt, will lose the leadership post she held for only three...