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...performance that was horrifying and inspiring in its hurtling physicality. Her Agnes was a voluptuary of angelic possession, and Plummer easily stole the show. Norman Jewison's direction goes for narrative suspense and coherence over emotional jolts, so now Agnes is merely first among equals. All three stars do smart, honorable work: Tilly, her childlike faith traumatized by the rude stirrings of womanhood; Fonda, the reluctant exorcist fiercely questioning her old God and, no less, herself; and Bancroft, a strict but up-to-date nun, with reserves of iron and irony...
...that fame, all of a sudden. What was it all about? Even back then, Bruce Springsteen was too smart to try to find out. Except one time...
...friend Halberstam, whom he once described as "impossibly evangelistic," Buckley takes great pains not to be 100% boring on the subject of computers. "I'm about 75% boring," he estimates. Nonetheless, when he is home for dinner with Wife Pat and Son Christopher, 33, talk frequently turns to smart keys and modems. Says Buckley: "My wife has asked me if, some time before she dies, we couldn't have a meal where the topic of conversation is not computers." --By Jamie Murphy
Senator Kennedy is smart to drop his ambition to become President of the U.S. After Chappaquiddick, he could not fill the godlike role needed for the presidency. The voters of Massachusetts can continue to elect him to Congress if they wish. James L. Comstock Ellendale, N. Dak. Justice Prevails...
...difficulty is that other people think he is special. As a writer, Bascombe is supposed to be smart and sensitive. But mostly he feels dumb and dreamy, "a state of suspended recognition, and a response to too much useless and complicated factuality." Not a good state for a sportswriter. But as a fictional character dealing with loss and solitude, Bascombe accounts for many affecting moments. His attempt to interview a former football player confined to a wheelchair is every journalist's nightmare: a hostile subject who undermines the project. The breakup with Nurse Vicki reveals that chilling instant when involved...