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Light of Day, like many of Paul Schrader's scripts (Taxi Driver, Hardcore, Cat People), uses a strong, simple story to anchor a metaphor for social, familial or sexual relationships. But here he is so true to the characters' desperation that he deprives his film of the electric juice rock 'n' roll lends to much more routine movies. And he is so keyed into the cliches ordinary people use, both to express and to hide from their feelings, that he presses all irony out of the dialogue. This does pay off in two climactic hospital scenes where the raw exposition...
...problems, Aquino does not seem to be in any immediate danger. In the peculiar logic of Philippine politics, the recent maelstrom may even boost the President's standing in this week's constitutional balloting. "If she loses," said Taxi Driver Ramon Iglesias last week, "I'm afraid there will be a civil war." For that reason alone, Iglesias is voting...
...taxi drivers said that before Waite's disappearance, they had frequently seen him walking on the beach or traveling in a motorcade...
...taxi drivers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press they saw Waite walking with his escorts in a street close to the Lebanese capital's airport highway at about 3 p.m. yesterday...
...Another taxi driver said he saw Waite at the same time in the same procession, smiling and waving his right arm to onlookers on the left side of the street...