Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...snakes, no Nazis, no ark or precious stones. There are, however, lots of flying punches, bruised cheekbones and bloody hands, a lovely lady and, of course, the stiff upper lip and drop-dead good looks of Harrison Ford. It may be years later, but Indy hasn't lost his touch for cunning escapes and coming out on top at the end of a long day. Only this time the adventure doesn't star Jones but the President of the United States--and it's not in the jungles of Central America or Asia but in the nation's premier passenger...
...there's a part of me that regards this NO TRESPASSING sign with a distinct pang of regret. Most of us who sign our name to a story or appear on camera have more than a touch of ham in us, and I am no exception. In fact, I can watch even the most revered of movies and think, Hey, I could be playing myself in that film...
...rooting for Jodie Foster's Ellie Arroway to end up. Foster has always been an actress who gives intelligence a good name, and she's very attractive here as a stubbornly obsessive scientist, convinced there are brainy beings out there in deep space trying to get in touch with us, then triumphantly picking up their mysterious signals from the void...
...beginning of Roar's pilot offers the hope that the show will maintain an ongoing subplot of a cursed romance between Conor and a rival's daughter. That promise vanishes quickly, unfortunately. It may have been just what Roar needed--a little touch of Melrose Place...
...sicknesses and deaths they have caused, won't they simply deduct such payments from income as a cost of doing business? Any reduction in their taxes will have to be made up somewhere else. Guess who will end up paying: people like you and me who never touch a cigarette. BILL BLAIR Tulsa, Okla...