Word: slow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mission is urgent because progress in bringing down the trade deficit has been painfully slow. After two months of sharp improvements in the trade gap, the Government reported last week that the deficit had edged up again, from $12.2 billion in December to $12.4 billion in January. On the bright side, the deficit with Japan shrank 17.5%. But the imbalance with other Asian countries, including South Korea and Taiwan, ballooned...
...childhood head injury has left "Nicky" (Tom Hulce) a bit "slow" mentally. At the beginning of the film, Nicky jokingly asks his dog, "I wonder who's stupider, you or me?" For a while, this seems a legitimate question, but Nicky's charm begins to dominate the film. Hulce, best known for his title role in Amadeus, brings to life a beauty that transcends physical appearances or social graces. Caught up in his own childlike world of superheroes and comic books, Nicky is as irresistible as a puppy...
...Nicky has to face the harsh realities of being poor and "slow" in Pittsburgh. He is a garbage "helper" for a private truck and receives low wages and inadequate benefits. Neighborhood thugs of all sorts find trusting Nicky to be easy prey...
...another Hollywood entry in the entertaining tear-jerker genre. It is, but it has a little extra substance. The film does consider social problems. Most of the film occurs in poor, working-class Pittsburgh. Although any conclusions drawn are not controversial (child abuse hurts those involved, and mentally "slow" people can be very nice), Dominick and Eugene can be commended for at least provoking thought about important issues...
...started off slow, but finished strong," said Kleinfelder...