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...contrast to them, Selden, as Tchaik's lascivious and suave friend, does not have a complete grasp of his part. He is neither smooth nor debonnaire enough to be convincing as the sophisticated yet shallow ladies' man who serves as a foil for Tchaik's awkward naivete. Selden does have good stage presence, but his adrenalin falters too often, as does his sporadic British accent...
...deck crew scramble around on the slippery bow, "is anything to keep warm." It is 0900 hours, with a -15° F wind-chill factor, and the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw is about to slip her berth in Sault Ste. Marie. She is headed for Whitefish Bay, a shallow and troublesome body of water leading into the treacherous inland sea that is Lake Superior. In 1975 the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald, eulogized by Singer Gordon Lightfoot, was heading for shelter in the bay through a November gale when she sank with a crew of 29. In real winter, which...
Michael Douglas as cameramen-photographer Adams has a shallow character; the film doesn't pay enough attention to him to get beyond the image of an angry young man trying to recapture the political activism of the '60s. But he works well as the cataylst that brings together Lemmon and Fonda in the finale...
Recession will strike the U.S. economy later this year, but the slowdown will be shallow and brief...
...danger is salt. Found in even the best irrigation water, salt is usually left behind as crops soak up moisture through their roots, and the residue filters into the underground water table. But in the San Joaquin Valley, shallow layers of impermeable clay act as a natural obstacle, and brackish water has been backing up, already rising to within 5 ft. of the surface over some 400,000 acres. Adding to this mineral buildup is more salt left by evaporation. Crop losses have reached an estimated $32 million a year. If the accumulation is left unchecked, the valley could turn...