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...embassy in Australia, where many cult members had lived, sent Washington a cable about the cult, warning that the Davidians would never allow themselves to be taken alive. As members came out of Ranch Apocalypse, they confirmed the planning; a 12-year-old girl told the audience on the Phil Donahue show how they were taught to put the barrel of a gun in their mouth. The feds took the possibility seriously: they collected enough anticyanide kits to provide a lifesaving dose for every child and a few of the adults, and the medics of the HRT kept them...
...Phil Munger as Rosencrantz, and Jacob Broder as Guildenstern almost lose control of the fast-moving dialogue. At times the audience cannot keep pace with the bouts of verbal jousting because of inadequate into-national nuance. But they more than compensate with their frenetic motion and lively delivery. Broder especially appears more comfortable with physical rather than vocal acting, and his facial and bodily contortions bring the house down. In particular, his protracted death rattle during Munger's meditations on burial has the audience chortling merrily...
...million worth of marketing won't bring the movie, or the creatures, to life. That is the responsibility of the swamis of special effects -- the puppeteers, modelmakers and computer mavens -- working closely with enthusiastic experts. Phil Tippett, an animator and longtime dinosaur buff, would whisper admonitions after nearly every take: "The head would never move like that," or "The claw wouldn't extend that far." He was the chief enforcer of Spielberg's dictum: that the dinosaurs be animals, not monsters...
Philip Bard of Phil's Towing says his company tows an average of 400 cars each month because of street cleaning...
...three unearned runs were all courtesy of an unusual catcher's interference call on BU's Taj Tedrow. With Harvard ahead 3-0, sophomores James Crowley and Bo Bernhard attempted a double steal. Senior Phil Andriola swung at the pitch, but Tedrow panicked at the sight of the men stealing and got in the way of Andriola's bat. Harvard Head Coach Leigh Hogan complained to the umpires after they failed to take any action and succeeded in getting the interference call...