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...exactly in Robert Frost country here. Hank (Bill Paxton) is smart enough to guess that money in this amount is going to be pursued by its rightful (or, more likely, wrongful) owners, but he's a weak, inexplicably damaged fellow. His brother Jacob (cunningly played by Billy Bob Thornton) is a halfwit, and Jacob's pal Lou (Brent Briscoe) has a heedless temper. Back home, Hank's wife Sarah (Bridget Fonda) quickly turns into this caper's Lady Macbeth...
...remembered that Ford Motor Co. was foundering when Henry Ford died, and it was left to his grandson Henry Ford II to revive the company after World War II with the help of a group of button-down managers, the "Whiz Kids," including Robert McNamara, Arjay Miller and Charles Thornton. Similarly, Walt Disney wouldn't be so well thought of today had Michael Eisner not saved the company and its founder's name in the 14 years that he has run the company...
Luongo and Zaban have plenty of teammates eager to get the puck and shoot on goal. The most potent scorers have been junior forward Samantha Holmes and sophomore forward Michelle Thornton, who have combined for 16 goals...
...front line also looks promising for the Wildcats. Senior forward Melisa Heitzman (27 g, 29 a), an All-ECAC second-team choice who finished third in the league in scoring, will be joined by junior Samantha Holmes (23 g, 23 a) and sophomore Michelle Thornton (18 g, 26 a), who finished sixth and seventh in scoring, respectively...
Many members pursued careers in the law. Silver-maned Nixon apologist CHARLES WIGGINS of California and Democrat WILLIAM HUNGATE of Missouri became federal-court judges, and Arkansas' RAY THORNTON and Wisconsin's HAROLD FROEHLICH became state-court judges. Wisconsin's ROBERT KASTENMEIER headed a National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal. California's JEROME WALDIE served on the National Labor Relations Board. JOHN SEIBERLING taught law at the University of Akron. "Our results were clearly a bipartisan effort," he says. "I don't detect any of that today." And ROBERT DRINAN of Massachusetts teaches law at Georgetown University...