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...final ironic twist, one of the President's most effective allies in the whole affair has been Jimmy Carter, and now it is the Noriega regime that evokes Teddy Roosevelt's memory to stir up fears that the Yanquis are coming. The Panamanian curse has yet to be lifted, both from the U.S. and from Panama itself...
...careering vehicle and a sacred quest: a search for the Holy Grail, the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper. The film expands the role of Denholm Elliott as a museum curator and tosses in a cameo appearance by Adolf Hitler, who autographs Henry's Grail diary. A new twist is Elsa (capable Alison Doody), a blond sorceress poised between greed and glory. She is an Indy gone wrong, and the series' first indispensable female...
...confidant that I had correctly weighed the multitude of questions raised by ROTC. I had already scheduled a strategy meeting for the next day with other council leaders who shared my view, and no thought of abandoning a position I believed right. For The Crimson to make up and twist facts to suggest otherwise reflects very poorly on its qualifications as an objective source of information...
...surviving players Halberstam sought out, only Joe DiMaggio turned him down (not even mutual friend Edward Bennett Williams could twist his arm). Yet Halberstam's portrait of DiMaggio is the finest part of the book. The author has a tender, intuitive sympathy for the proud, remote athlete. DiMaggio does not need a writer to confirm his stature, but still he is lucky to have such a thoughtful, intelligent chronicler. Boston had its own superstar in Ted Williams, and that brings up the inevitable comparison between Halberstam's work and John Updike's classic account of Williams' last game, "Hub Fans...
...recent twist in the argument over whether Harvard offers its junior professors a fair chance is the charge that the University requires time-consuming administrative work that detracts from a young scholar's time to conduct research and write--the traditional criteria for senior-level posts...