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...brave theme for a movie to take up these days, especially for one that might like to be mistaken for a summer comedy. Nothing in Common never settles into a self-confident stride, but it does dislocate, discomfit. You might remember it after a lot of less edgy films have been forgotten...
Once a land of repressive dictatorship, Spain is taking its ten-year-old democracy in stride. The old political extremes have largely evaporated, and the majority has steadily moved toward the center. The ruling Socialists have also shifted, abandoning their calls for radical social change. In his campaign, Gonzalez, 44, calmly asked for four more years to consolidate his party's gains...
...these pills are no more effective than tablets, many people find capsules better tasting and easier to swallow. Judy Newbold, a resident of Auburn, is resigned about the discovery of poisoned medication in her town. Says she: "It's just one of those things you have to take in stride. There are kooks everywhere...
...doing any work that day, just catching up on my foot-dangling." Currently, Parker's Spenser sings the best sassy blues: "Ideal options aren't something I have much to do with. Most of the time I'm shuttling between bad and worse." Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer prefers stride (when he's not playing chopsticks), and John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee fuses bebop and rap: "Go get the lady with the unusual haircut and add her to the stack. Go get Meyer and the boat and bring the boat around. Use the big anchor and the power takeoff...
Goizueta took his first big stride away from soft drinks in 1982 with the $700 million purchase of Columbia Pictures. At a stroke, that gave Coca-Cola control over the last major independent film producer in Hollywood, a substantial movie inventory and a television division that produces such popular shows as T.J. Hooker and Days of Our Lives. At first Columbia churned out movie after movie, as if trying to muscle its way to a bigger market share. That approach led to one smash hit, Ghostbusters, and a string of expensive clinkers, including The Slugger's Wife, Perfect and Crossroads...