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Claflin is dynamic in this role as he portrays the stringent authority of the church in conflict with his own base selfishness. Hulkower plays Man with a touch of psychosis, but this interpretation becomes remotely credible only when we discover "his problem...
...transport system currently delivers 13 million barrels per day to and from U.S. refineries. At peak output, the SPR can pump only about 3.5 million barrels per day, and that only for three months. Then it's gone. Without stringent conservation measures--ideological anathema to Bush and his predecessor--the SPR won't last very long. What does Bush intend to do when the U.S. has used up the SPR? Won't prices creep up again (assuming they fall in the first place...
...course, such stringent safety requirements can make a researcher's life difficult. Nothing can be removed from the BL-3, not even the papers scientists write their data...
...teams are beginning to address the issue. Brochures, seminars and films are being used to heighten athletes' sensitivity to rape and other violence. The Santa Monica center has produced a compelling 20-minute videotape titled Campus Rape, featuring L.A. Law stars Susan Dey and Corbin Bernsen. But even more stringent measures are needed. Among the suggestions: providing tough and swift discipline for violence on or off the field, shifting the emphasis in sports from winning to improving skills, and abolishing special residences for athletes...
...Freshman's lighter setting, however, Brando's tremendous ability becomes a bull in a china shop. The movie calls for deft direction to avoid trampling the film's fragile comedic atmosphere. Reigning in Brando under such stringent tolerances would be a challenge for even the most accomplished director, a task clearly beyond the abilities of Bergman. He might be comforted by the knowledge that he practically doomed himself to failure right from the outset. Bergman made the already difficult task of executing an intelligent farce of The Godfather even more trying by casting in The Freshman's piviotal role...