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...others disappear without a trace. Yet the episode, directed by Rod Holcomb, is not just a cinema-verite jumble. The characters are fleshed out in a few deft strokes -- one doctor (Anthony Edwards) is being wooed by a cushy private practice -- without hype or sentimentality. These are doctors of stoic demeanor and blunt bedside manner, yet they're more honestly compassionate than the breast beaters of Chicago Hope. The real tragedy of the emergency room, they realize, is that they don't have the luxury of lingering over tragedy. The triumph of ER is that it gives hope that even...
Nevertheless, Havana's stoic, inventive populace manages to keep going. "It's better to work for yourself," says a railway laborer. "If you can earn just $5 a month, that's more than you get in a government factory." Sidewalk vendors selling everything from wood carvings and homemade jewelry to their personal possessions have popped up all over the capital. Everyone seems to be expert in the art of black-market dealing, trading what they have for what they cannot find in the stores...
...with no lights and a sign which read "OUT OF SERVICE," stopped in front of the church. Approximately 50 Secret Service agents, most wearing the infamous standard-issue trenchcoats and all with earpieces in place, stepped out and proceeded to the rear of the church. They were professionals--stoic and unflinching in the below-zero-wind-chill air. The agents conducted a "sweep" of the church and stationed agents inside...
Before the game, Irish coach Lou Holtz, an old friend of Bowden's, might have wished he had F.S.U.'s quarterback Charlie Ward. Smooth and stoic, Ward is an idol on the Tallahassee campus; he was elected student-body president in his junior year. A starting point guard for the 'Noles basketball team as well as conductor of Bowden's fast-break offense, Ward sees his job as simply getting the ball to his teammates. He has done that brilliantly enough this fall, completing 69% of his passes in F.S.U.'s first nine games and throwing & for 16 touchdowns with...
...marked Restic's 15th season ofHarvard football. His hair was getting grayer bythe day, and some wrinkles began to add hints ofexpression to his stoic face. The team had a verystrong season and went into New Haven tied forfirst in the Ivy League...