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...aspiration to dramatize a historical incident in all its complexity is not an unworthy one -- and rare enough in movies. Whatever failures result from this ambition, there is still something likable as well as commendable about the movie. It has hustle, it makes a good stab at period ambience, and it takes some brave cuts at a knuckle ball of a subject. You are glad you came out to the ball park, even if the home team did lose in extra innings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Brave Cuts at a Knuckle Ball EIGHT MEN OUT | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

Sometimes, though, John David imagines a group of older kids trying to force drugs on him. "I might try to run where there is a bunch of people. But if I ran, they would just gang up and beat me up. They might carry knives, and they would stab me. They would probably leave the knife in and run off," he says. "The other option is just to take the drugs, but I don't know if with just one, you'd get addicted to it. Just depends on what kind of drug they put in it. Those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: John David, Austin | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...special pay-per-view arrangements shook their heads in disgust after the 10-count ended, Haupt took a cue from P.T. Barnum. If Tyson could make $22 million and Spinks $13 million for 91 seconds of "boxing," then why can't Dan Haupt of Overland Park, Kansas, take a stab at the champ for $3.5 million...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Challenging the Champ | 7/1/1988 | See Source »

Should Mr. Jackson wait for the day when such offices would be as open to himself and other Black people as they are to Joseph's notion of a qualified candidate, he'd be six feet under before he ever got a stab at the Presidency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jackson | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

Designated hitter Doug George blasted a pitch down the first base line, but Harvard's Rich Renninger made a diving stab, and stepped on the base to retire George. Renninger turned and tried to catch Goldstein off second base, but his throw to shortstop Dave O'Connell was late. Ferrante scooted home, barely beating O'Connell's throw to the plate...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Batsmen Put Terriers in Dog House, 3-2 | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

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