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...film never clarifies this point. It actually matters little. More importantly, he makes some remark about marriage, and she responds with, "Is that what you think marriage is?" He doesn't answer this question; he can't. In Hollywood romantic comedies, the couple traditionally uses conversation to parry and thrust, to test one another. The man who can match Hepburn's words can win her. Bisset even refers to this in Rich and Famous--the dying art of conversation. She describes listening as an obscenely personal act. Well, Bochner is tested and found wanting...
...Soviets appear to be developing a space booster with six to seven times the thrust of the U.S. space shuttle...
...cheers echoed through the cavernous convention hall, Walesa strode casually to the podium. Said he: "Over the past year, we have been learning democracy. Through this congress, we will be wiser because of the comments and policies made here." Someone thrust a bouquet of flowers into his right hand. With his left hand, he triumphantly held aloft a canvas bag containing the election ballots as the delegates sang a chorus of Sto Lat (May He Live a Hundred Years). The scene recalled an even more exuberant celebration three days earlier. In honor of Walesa's 38th birthday, a group...
...turn had sharply rejected the criticism as unwarranted and unfair. But last week, as Reagan escorted Begin toward his seat for the first White House meeting, Begin dramatically broke away. "Mr. Prime Minister," Reagan called out, "your seat is over here." Begin strode up to a startled Weinberger, thrust out his hand and shook Weinberger's warmly in an implicit apology. Throughout the talks, the Israeli air strikes were never mentioned. Explained Secretary of State Alexander Haig: "We viewed these as circumstances that are behind...
...arise. In the democracy of neurosis, everyone is entitled to his own apocalypse. Burnout becomes the mechanism by which people can enact their serial selves, in somewhat the way that divorce permits serial marriages. In some cases, the serial selves of burnout are like the marshmallows that Cub Scouts thrust into the campfire flame. They hold them there until they are charred, peel away the blackened outer skin and eat it, then thrust the soft white marshmallow into the flame again, repeating the process until there is nothing left.- By Lance Morrow