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Beguiled as one generally is by the professionalism of The Hunt for Red October, pleased as one is by its celebration of reasonable men attempting to overcome cold war paranoia when such efforts were even more uncommon, one cannot help wondering: Will the movie seem an anachronism in this moment of revolutionary change? Or do the events of recent months make the movie even more treasurable as possibly the last, and by no means the least, of its kind...
...Mary has marrow that matches Anissa's. (Reason: her marrow has a mixture of genetic characteristics from both parents.) Nor does brother Airon, 19, have marrow that is compatible with his sister's. And a search for a suitable nonrelated donor has been fruitless to date, though the hunt continues...
This technology, like much else portrayed in The Hunt for Red October, is authentic. The U.S. Navy has the capability to track Soviet submarines with just such precision, electronically gathering underwater sound waves through sonar (sound navigation and ranging). The movie's depiction of a Soviet sub that can run on a superquiet water-propulsion system is not yet a reality. However, Soviet subs have become markedly quieter in recent years (partly because of Soviet espionage on U.S., Japanese and Norwegian propeller technology, which has reduced the cavitation, or spewing of noisy bubbles, from the blades). By some estimates...
Whatever the technique, the stakes are high. Despite perestroika, Soviet subs still stalk U.S. targets and play underwater cat-and-mouse games with their American counterparts. The hunt continues...
While she tracks the Trumps, Liz continues to trail other celebs. A recent column crowed that "terrific, sexy" actor Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October) was "busy, busy" and that Ava Gardner's grave had been stripped of flowers by fans. Observed the columnist without a smidgen of irony: "The price celebrities pay for their success is a lack of privacy." Bite your tongue...