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...requested and received a pile of glossy recruiting brochures from the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marines. (The Marines even included "Semper Fi" and "Marines" bumper stickers with their packet. Pretty classy...
Kory's teammates added to the pile of Harvard first places...
...also makes julienne fries," Aladdin is a ravishing thrill ride pulsing at MTV-video tempo. You have to go twice -- and that's a treat, not a chore -- to catch the wit in the decor, the throwaway gags, the edges of the action. Blink, and you'll miss the pile of "discount fertilizer" Aladdin's pursuers land in; or the fire eater with an upset stomach; or half of Williams' convulsing asides. Chuck Jones' verdict is judicious: Aladdin is "the funniest feature ever made." It's a movie for adults -- if they can keep up with its careering pace...
...unexpectedly strong 2.7% third-quarter rise in gross domestic product -- the nation's output of goods and services -- was the best news in months. Unfortunately, it might not be quite as good as it looked; the increase resulted partly from a rise in inventories, which could translate as a pile-up of unsold goods. Other figures gave a highly mixed picture: personal income and consumer spending up, durable-goods orders and consumer confidence down. Even mixed news is a relief from the stagnation limned by earlier figures. Politically, whatever slight improvement may be seen comes so late...
...would enjoy it, because she thinks the world of me and likes it when I extend such small gestures. Kind of like the time one Mother's Day when I left a big stack of debate evidence lying on the coffee table. She would disgustedly pick up the big pile, I knew, and find the little red-paper note I had left under it on the table. "What have I done to deserve a mom as great as mom?" it asked...