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The movie's stickiness stems from its overwhelming sentimentality. It is a piece of high corn, shot through with the kind of cheesy sentimentality one ordinarily finds on TV shows like Family--the kind that are below even The Waltons The script, adapted by adapted Thompson from his 1978 Broadway...
That kind of well-meant advice illustrates a weakness common to several members of Reagan's "family." Not only do they lack national and international experience, they have been so close to Reagan for so long that they have trouble stepping back to assess him critically. Meese is no...
Washington was startled, as were capitals around the world, for in his 31 months at the U.N., the freewheeling Young had demonstrated an extraordinary capacity to ride out and survive the controversies that he generated. But this time there was no stilling the uproar when it was learned that Young...
The unusual way that he chose to declare his determination signified the urgency he placed on stilling the rumors of his imminent resignation. They have whirled about the White House since he released edited transcripts of 46 tape-recorded Watergate conversations with his aides.
Every day last week the electricity went off until sundown, stilling the whirling fans and air conditioners in the breathless heat. Grim-faced American officials shuttled in and out of the palace of Cambodian President Lon Nol. Battle reports proved contradictory and inconclusive. The British, Australians and Japanese evacuated their...