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...opponents to just one touchdown in the past four games and have allowed the fewest total yards in the conference. No wonder they boast nicknames such as the "Bruise Brothers" and the "Billsdozers." Over the past three years, Buffalo acquired '87 Pro Bowl defensive end Bruce Smith, inside linebacker Shane Conlan of Penn State and second-year outside linebacker Cornelius Bennett, a guided missile who homes in on footballs. Says O.J. Simpson, the legendary running back for the 1969-77 Bills, who closely follows his former team: "Buffalo is in the play- offs today because of those guys on defense...
...World War II heats up, the Larranetas of San Diego are already aboil. Papa (Francisco Rabal) is a Basque-born tyrant. Josie, his pretty daughter (Melissa Leo), is eloping with G.I. Jack (Hutton). Martin, the unloved son (Hurt), is so bent on winning the late approval of his Shane-sadist of a father that he follows Jack to Italy, and back home, with murder in mind...
...John Wayne might peacefully coexist with Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The spirits may stir up a gust of wind, a kind of Milagro airlift, to bring the good word to town. And a cowboy (James Gammon) with a forbidding face -- you figure him to be the Jack Palance villain from Shane -- may up and save your life. Nobody will get hurt, except in the pride. Finally, the village will erupt into an alfresco fiesta, and the bad cop (Christopher Walken) will smile conspiratorily on his way out of town...
...novel's start, Artie's only friend is Shane, a hippie-druggie from Brown. But he is unreliable, floating in and out of Artie's life unpredictably...
...Shane, age 15, from Brookline High School, says, "You don't drink, you don't smoke, you don't drink, you don't have sex..." And five skins immediately interject, "You don't have sex." He clarifies, "You don't have casual...