Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Another problem for Carter has been that the nation does not "want to listen" to the President's very real accomplishments, Wexler claims. "President Carter's accomplishments in the field of energy are monumental. Yet people don't give him credit" she says...
Cars, tires, soup and other items have been pulled off the market for reasons of consumer safety. But rarely, if ever, has an entire industry had to deal with the problem faced by the makers of tampons: a product that is widely used, worth tens of millions in sales and profits, and is now shadowed by concern about possible disease-causing properties...
...brought his resting pulse beat down from 60 to 50 beats per minute. The most versatile athlete of the three candidates, Carter also likes fishing and tennis. He gets six hours sleep a night, and avoids hops, lima beans and Swiss cheese, to which he is allergic. His hemorrhoid problem appears to be inactive. He occasionally suffers shin splints from jogging...
...support. Indeed, all the groups attacking Falwell insist that they support the right of his "Moral Majority" or Christian Voice to apply religious values in the arena of public action. Many of them have avidly supported such hot political causes as the fights against segregation and nuclear power. The problem, they say, lies in the methods used by the religious right, especially widespread lists of the supposed Christian positions, and attacks on legislators who disagree. "Those who do not fall in line, by implication, are not good Christians," complains Howard, whose National Council of Churches has issued many political pronouncements...
...same sequence or shot. Screenwriter Carlino and Director Petrie have previously worked in the genres of sci-fi schizophrenia (Seconds and Sybil) and domestic conflict (The Great Santini and Eleanor and Franklin). Here, they have tried to blend the two forms, but the film does not always gel. The problem may stem from a lack of faith in its "small," challenging story. When in doubt, Carlino inserts a violent climax, or Petrie thrusts Edna Mae into an afterlife that looks like an overlighted subway tunnel. They are more success ful in illuminating small, crucial scenes from the life of this...