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...million estate, which has gone to an older brother, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), whom he did not know existed. Ray has long been institutionalized because he is an autistic savant. He has a genius for instant mathematical calculation, but he keeps reality and affection at bay by piling barricades of useless information around himself and by insisting, maddeningly, monotonously, monomaniacally, that certain routines, involving meals and TV viewing, be rigorously observed. Charlie abducts him, hoping to gain control of his inheritance, and they set off by car on a cross-country odyssey -- each in his way a manchild in an unpromising...
...members of the board of directors of U.S. English like Chavez and Cronkite, Bruno Bettelheim, Saul Bellow and Alistair Cooke are hardly xenophobes. They believe that, in a land that was founded by immigrants, English is the essential unifying force. The propositions they support may be little more than useless clutter, a reassurance that the U.S. is not vulnerable to a Quebec-style bilingualism with all its attendant bitterness. Ironically, it is the debate over the ballot initiatives themselves that has created so much rancor...
...useless to point fingers. No single player, no single coach, should bear the responsibility for a loss so devastating. Penn was bigger, faster, stronger--and 39 points better...
...There is something in the heart of every politician that loves a military installation," declared Texas Senator Phil Gramm about Capitol Hill's ingrained tradition of preserving obsolete forts. Thus it was truly historic last week when Congress approved a measure that could actually shut down some useless installations -- say, Fort Douglas, Utah, which was founded to guard stage-coach routes, or Fort Sheridan, Ill., which mainly protects its 18-hole golf course...
...They feel left out, that their vote is useless, and they're not signing up in numbers that would make them a [political] force," Scheir said...