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Without benefit of egg, he was born 50 years ago this week in a movie called The Wise Little Hen, and Donald Duck is still in fine feather. To celebrate the birthday, Walt Disney World near Orlando, Fla., has planned a summer-long salute to the irascible star, featuring 50, yes sir 50, real live ducks that will waddle along with Donald through the Magic Kingdom on at least three outings during the next month. Of course, it takes an odd duck to be fooled by a fellow in a funny suit. So the Disney folks painstakingly trained the Pekins...
...perfect physician is one who knows all the science and technology relevant to medicine, who knows how to apply it skillfully for the benefit of one's patients, and, at the same time, is a wise compassionate counselor who earns his or her patient's trust and provides comfort in times of illness and need. Perfection may be impossible to achieve but to try always to reach it is the epitomy of the good physician...
Additionally, though Arnold's initial unwillingness to communicate to anyone but his wise old grandfather (Wilford Brimley) is ostensibly the central issue of the film, partially developed side-plots frequently creep in. The exploits and marital problems of Arnold's uncle Andy, for example, occupy a significant part of the movie, for no apparent reason other than to ultimately send Arnold on a cross-country bus journey to the glittery world of Las Vegas. It is there that Arthur begins to open up express his emotions, and in a moving, if somewhat contrived, scene aboard a bus, Arnold (Jason Presson...
...that seems an almost lost legend for which people nowadays mourn, as they do for many things that graced a more leisurely and miraculous time. But baseball is also a reality, a game played by ungrammatical men who, like most people, have grown up without necessarily growing wise. They chew tobacco, indulge in alcoholic beverages and do not always fend off the groupies with the fervor expected of moral exemplars...
While the expansion has been great news business wise, editors say they probably will not add books anytime soon on India or Vietnam--as a more unconventional staff did in the late...