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...that Jack must have killed his wife. They will be convinced of this logical conclusion even further when they are told that a hunting knife identical to the murder weapon is conveniently located in Jack's locker at the country club. But it is not wise to be so smug about one's superiority as a sleuth when only the first 15 minutes of the movie have passed...
...death-dealing absolute loose in the world. Westerners for some years have consolidated their dreads, reposing them (if that is the word) in the Bomb, in the one overriding horror of nuclear holocaust. A fat and prosperous West is lounging next door to its great kaboom. It is both smug and edgy at the same time. Now comes another agent of doomsday, this one actually killing people and doubling the number of its victims every ten months as if to reverse the logic of Thomas Malthus. The prospect of nuclear holocaust may be terrible, but the mind takes certain perverse...
There is nothing deadened or smug about immigrants. They work long hours and live for their children. They are, in a sense, more serious about life than the settled can be, for they are in a dangerous passage. It makes them very much alive. It makes the American juices flow. In this special issue, TIME describes the newest Americans and addresses the myriad ways in which they are carrying on an honored tradition: contributing their bloodlines, their spirit and their energy to preserve the nation's vitality and uniqueness...
...Bulow, who appeared nervous and incredulous when Isles was testifying, seemed almost smug once his own witnesses took the stand. During a recess, he declared with a disdainful sweep of his hand, "It's a medical, scientific case. When they start throwing the dirt around, it's really irrelevant." Yet it may be the dirt rather than the science that settles in the minds of the jurors...
...having too little -- could suit both the comic's style and his very public private life. Alas, autobiography and farce refuse to jell. Though John Candy (as an overweight catcher who is suggested for the position of Pryor's "designated eater") and especially Stephen Collins (as a smug, conniving wimp of a lawyer) are funny enough, the picture seems intent on drawing morals instead of laughs. Viewers may feel like demanding their own investment in the film back, and sending it to USA for Africa...