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...care what the jury said, you look like a rapist to me." He calls a minister a "scuzzbag," a Congressman "a pimp in a business suit," an Italian chef "an immigrant with a Crock Pot." "Me," "my" and "I" are his favorite words. He is forever complaining to his wan, shell-shocked station manager, played by Max Wright, that guests are dull: "Get me ax murderers, a rapist, Freddie Silverman." When he wants to get rid of a possible cohost, he appeals to the Lord-man to man, of course: "I don't know if the concept...
Until that point, veterans of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) may entertain some hope for Norman, a wan faith in the restorative powers of a 22-year course of state-sponsored psychotherapy from which he has just graduated. Thereafter one knows it is only a matter of time before he reverts to the sharp practices of his youth...
...cities and towns all across the U.S. and Canada, fans camped out in front of the 1,002 theaters showing Jedi. Some were wearing the costumes of their favorite characters, from the furry Chewbacca to wise old Obi-Wan Kenobi. Many families ate in relays so that someone would always be there to hold a place in line. In Los Angeles one fan even brought a TV set and a video-recording machine so that he could watch Star Wars No. 1 while waiting...
...cultural distance may also contribute to another problem many refugees cite--the difficulties they face in finding academic positions in America. Ta Wan Tai, a research associate at the Law School who came from Vietnam in 1975, says the only way a foreign scholar can get a permanent appointment is through the regular tenure route. At "a university of the highest prestige" like Harvard, he adds, "one scholar cannot easily carve out a niche...
...considerably vaguer. Their main theme will be the necessity for moral choices and the wisdom needed to distinguish right from wrong. There was never any doubt in the films already made; in those the lines were sharply drawn, comic-book-style. Luke, who will then be the age Obi-Wan Kenobi is now, some place in his 60s, will reappear, and so will his friends, assuming that the creator decides to carry the epic further. Hamill and the others will get first crack at the roles-if they look old enough...