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...biggest loser is Kanin. His script, considered an American classic, either has dated badly or was overrated to start. It is a political, moral and especially a rhetorical muddle; its most grandiloquent speeches sound like discarded first drafts for a lesser Frank Capra movie. At the end, a Senator gets away with taking a bribe and Brock apparently gets away with murder, all with the connivance of the supposed hero and heroine. That may echo how some spectators feel about the outcome of recent insider-trading cases, but Kanin seemingly intended a shout of triumph, not this cynical sigh...
Nobody expects memoirs by the rich or infamous to be gracefully written; expectations center on how much is dished up, not on the table manners involved. But the rules change markedly when it comes to autobiographies by the lesser known. Everybody, after all, has a life story, and the reluctance to spend money and time on a relative stranger's is considerable. This, the wary reader is likely to mutter, had better be good...
...national product in 1983 to about 3% right now. That is lower than the level of deficit spending during 1975-76, for example, when the gap was widened by a recession. Friedman says he accepts the deficit because it has restrained federal spending. "Sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils," he says. While Friedman admits that "mine is not the majority view," he adds, "Everybody looks at the world through his own glasses, and those glasses mean more than the facts you are looking...
...theater is also known for its live performances and its film festivals, including the annual "Festival of Animation" and the ever-popular "Attack of the Killer B's," a weekend celebration of Hollywood's lesser-known creations...
...interim report offered 56 specific recommendations to prevent more Aboriginal deaths. Among them: imprisonment for lesser crimes should be used only as a last resort; public drunkenness should be abolished as an offense; treatment centers for alcoholics should be established as soon as possible. The report also suggested a national task force be appointed to examine the effects of alcohol abuse on Aborigines, a particular source of trouble for these indigenous people...