Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...simply the thoughtful and careful script based on Turow's novel that make this movie a success. Much of the credit belongs to the editors for their effective juxtaposition of flashbacks and present action, and placement of each successive scene...
Raymond Belknap, 18, was excited about the Christmas present he was giving his best friend, James Vance, 20: a heavy-metal rock record by the British band Judas Priest. For five hours the young men listened to the raucous, apocalyptic throb of the music while they smoked marijuana and split a dozen beers. Violent fantasies were nothing new to either of them. Vance had choked his mother on one occasion and hit her with a hammer on another; Belknap had stolen money and a van and exposed himself to women; both talked of leaving their hometown of Sparks...
...pairing that had a small piece of Y attached to one of the chromosomes. Segments of DNA cloned from the Y fragment were compared with genetic material from a wide range of male and female mammals, from chimps to tigers. Only one segment, which contained the SRY gene, was present in all the males and absent in all the females. Working with the ICRF team, London's Medical Research Council scientists showed that XY mice, which are female despite a Y chromosome, are missing part of the SRY gene...
...artist imitating artist. For Marlon Brando is, of course, the man in the mafioso mask in both instances. It might perhaps be said the makeup man was kinder in aging him for the earlier role than the past 18 years have been in bringing him to his present hefty appearance. On the other hand, The Freshman is a comedy, and his roly-poly form and cherubic countenance defuse his menace and suit his self-satirizing purposes...
...present, most economists predict that the expansion will reach its eighth birthday in November and continue at about a 2% rate through 1991. But that is cold comfort for many people. "The real issues are stagflation and stagnation," says David Hale, chief economist of Kemper Financial Services. "Instead of long unemployment lines, we're going to see increased frustration and resentment over stalled growth and incomes...