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...film had a few fewer plot holes, a bit more narrative depth and far less signposting dialogue, it might even have been a space-age Manchurian Candidate. A classier cast would also have helped. Gould, Holbrook and Waterston are all in fine, easygoing form, but Brolin and Simpson are useless heroes: they are not big enough stars or good enough actors to make us care about their fates...
...section leaders. Some of the teachers who consented to be taped for an evaluation of their teaching ability are so bad they are almost humorous. An economics section leader tangles himself up hopelessly in supply-and-demand curves, stares pitifully at the blackboard and stumbles on through a now useless explanation. A French section leader twirls her hair anxiously, prods a student for an answer and then says disgustedly, "We're just going to skip you." An Expository Writing teacher tries to carry on a class discussion while returning papers, but loses the attention of the class as they flip...
...Only after attacking Carter do you give the facts: military and political leaders differ sharply over the bomb, and none of the key NATO countries will commit themselves to allowing it in their territory. Carter has made the only possible choice. He is not wasting $4 billion producing a useless weapon, and he is not precluding future production should the situation change...
According to this view, black solidarity is an immature defense mechanism for students who would rather act out than cope more effectively with reality, and a useless ritual within a diverse academic community...
...worldly problems. Barbara Star, a professor of social work at the University of Southern California, finds that battered spouses are usually people who feel overwhelmed by life, repress all strong feelings and tend to blame themselves for whatever goes wrong. Most, she explains, are convinced that fighting back is useless...