Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about 1,080 Marielitos are in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. Nearly one-third have been in jail since their arrival in the U.S. Under Immigration procedures, Marielitos who admitted to a criminal record at the processing centers three years ago were frequently imprisoned, though often temporarily. Many street-smart Cubans did not own up to their pasts, however, and have been at liberty. "The Government locked up people who confessed to minor crimes and political offenses," asserts Attorney Myron Kramer, one of the lawyers representing the detained Marielitos. An estimated 100 of the imprisoned Marielitos may be Cuban intelligence...
...nice things about this funny and ferociously smart movie is that it is not only about the '60s. Instead, it works from several assumptions about those times to create an impromptu dormitory of likable individuals who know each other well enough to can the sloganeering. Much more is expressed by the way people walk and sit, by the not-quite-facetious insult, by the silent, shared memory. This is a movie about getting through a weekend without being bored or driven to tears, about bull sessions that become psychodramas, about making do and making love and making breakfast...
...Risky Business, is yet another entry in the lamentable tits-and-zits genre of teen-age sex comedies: a young man finds love and success by becoming a pimp. Still, this film is deftly made, the humor nicely understated, the leading actors (Tom Cruise and Rebecca de Mornay) smart and appealing. Risky Business has eyes to emulate Flashdance as a sleeper smash. If it does, that will be news...
...profoundly affected by the event, and he mused about it for weeks. "I felt like Teddy Roosevelt," he joked. But on further reflection, he came to an important realization. "What do you do with all those ships?" he asked himself, then answered his own question: "If you are smart, nothing." Exactly...
...other times, such overt parent-child rivalry might be considered unhealthy. These days it is considered smart. By the end of his week in the mountains, Schnelker had written and debugged a 1,000-line BASIC program and learned enough about computers to hold his own with both the programmers on his staff and the young know-it-alls at home. And Schnelker is not alone. This summer thousands of men and women are signing up for the nation's newest form of vacation retreat: the adult computer camp...