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Red Rock West belongs to that genre's low-budget country-and-western subspecies. Michael is a classic film noir protagonist, essentially a good, slightly dim sort who is drawn into evil's web because of a momentary weakness and whose struggles to escape serve only to entangle him more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Equal Opportunity Evil | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

LACK OF DISCIPLINE. This sort of thing highlights a critical weakness in the A.N.C. leadership: accountability. The party's own bylaws bar convicted criminals from holding office. Nevertheless, Winnie Mandela was allowed to take a prominent role. Oddly, Mandela defended the inconsistency by arguing that it was somehow only democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time to Take Charge | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

"I think that our biggest weakness was our attack," Hennessey said. "Although we game up 11 points, we never asserted ourselves offensively like we have at other times this year. The few times when we did, too, our shots were off."

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Laxwomen Looking to Recover against Brown | 4/20/1994 | See Source »

"It was either a home run or a single today," Johnson said. "We're hitting and we never have before--not consistently and well. Our weakness is that our top three pitchers have all been converted from other positions. Liz [Walker] only pitched five games for us last year and...

Author: By Daniel Roeser, | Title: Softball Drops Two; Ivy Opener Saturday | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

The symptoms of postpolio mimic those of the original disease, albeit in a less virulent form. They include fatigue and exhaustion, muscle weakness, painful joints and, sometimes, difficult breathing. The discomfort usually begins in the muscles affected by the original infection but can spread. Patients who got polio before age...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reliving Polio | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

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