Word: storm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although she's keeping a low profile this year, Natalie J. Szekers '97 is at the center of a storm of controversy...
...back on a boat manned by cool teachers (John Savage and Caroline Goodall) and a studly, charismatic captain (Jeff Bridges). While learning discipline and the finer points of ocean sailing, they also study their ABCs. And of course, they discover friendship, sex and alcohol. Unfortunately, disaster ensues. A freak storm sinks the boat, killing four, and the coast guard blames the father figure. You can guess what happens next...
...film is beautifully shot. Both the actual landscape (lush islands, ocean sunsets, shockingly powerful surf) and the human landscape (wet t-shirts, naked torsos, bulging muscles) are fun to look at. The storm scene, where several tidal waves bash the Albatross to bits, is fantastically directed. It is terrifying and electrifying, and not surprising from the director of "Blade Runner" and "Alien." However, Scott could have done without the lingering shots of the drowning victims...
Samper's problems got no sympathy in Washington, where he has long been considered too soft on drug traders. The State Department dismissed the storm in Bogota as an "internal" issue, but Republican Jesse Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, demanded that Colombia be "decertified," or given a failing grade, for its efforts in the narco wars. If the certification ruling, due March 1, goes against Colombia, repercussions on preferential trade and credit arrangements would be severe. The U.S. government was pleased last summer when the Colombians scored a coup by jailing six of the seven top Cali...
Vice President and General Counsel Margaret H. Marshall says she believes Johnson has proven a capable leader and has weathered the storm of controversy...