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Bush, for example, denied to the very last that he would summon his old friend and partner in fish James A. Baker III to run the crumbling White House. When the move was actually made, though it was business as usual. No mention of the earlier denials. White House reporters didn't even bother...
...privilege to be in the company of these four women. Like the actresses in Howards End, the quartet in Enchanted April summon bygone graces and glamour. In a raucous movie summer, this is a film for those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine, and a recollection of a time when women and movies could be purveyors of enchantment...
...back-in-such-and-such-a-town politics. In his second and subsequent terms as Governor, he sought out legislators in the halls of the capitol, acting as his own best lobbyist. Brummett wrote that it would be more dignified for the Governor to summon people to his office; but the informality of Clinton's new approach seemed to work. He realized that his long-range plans depended on building popular support, and he sent his wife out to talk about concern for education in every county of the state. The remade Hillary -- higher-class in her clothes, lower-class...
...ever feels completely safe from an attack by an abusive husband or boyfriend -- even one barred by injunction from contacting her. Because plenty of assailants simply refuse to stay away, police departments and women's shelters in Boston and Knoxville will be providing "panic buttons" that allow victims to summon help electronically. ADT Security Systems of Tampa is offering electronic devices free of charge to a limited number of women in cities participating in the six-month pilot program. The devices are worn as pendants or installed in homes as security-system panels. A woman fearing imminent assault can press...
Baldwin, a fine actor in emotionally reserved roles, cannot summon enough of Stanley's musky sexual appeal or his apish brutality. His voice is too light, his features are too aristocratic. Above all, he cannot uncork the character's volcanic ego. The violent fits and howls are all there, yet feel calculated. Lange gives Blanche an initial strength that makes her breakdown all the more overpowering, and provides the few moments of real magic, describing the breakup of her family home and her hopeless marriage to a closeted homosexual. These scenes, however, are with Amy Madigan, able if stolid...