Word: though
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...voice-over by Harrison Ford. Ford does the typical introductory over-dramatization: "I am a prosecutor. I put people behind bars..." No, this will not be the first movie you have seen that focuses on harried big-city lawyers battling each other. Give the movie some time, though, because it does become steadily more intriguing...
...Freshman, written and directed by Andrew Bergman, is likely to leave the viewer with the same bittersweet taste as the coffee. This film is a well-scripted comedy overwhelmed--flawed, even--by the commanding and disconcerting presence of veteran actor Marlon Brando. Despite its failings, though, this is not a movie to leave the viewer grimacing...
...Though the Democrats will certainly profit by Bush's discomfiture, whether they will be able to build some positive political advantage upon it is another question. (We are not talking about the most cunning people on earth.) The popular estimate of Bush may stay high. But it's peaked because he's changed, and the only way from here, for the estimate and the man, is down...
Metropolitan Manila, though largely undamaged, was severely shaken. In Malacanang Palace, where President Corazon Aquino was presiding over a meeting with Cabinet ministers and Senators, participants scrambled for cover under the conference table. Quipped Aquino: "What the coup failed to do, the earthquake did" -- a reference to the stoutly denied report that during a failed 1987 insurrection she was cowering under...
...though, Prozac is receiving some unfavorable publicity. Reports have surfaced that the drug can sometimes make users feel suicidal -- just the opposite of the desired effect. Prozac "survivor" groups, which help people who say they have had bad experiences with the drug, have been formed in New York, Indiana, Florida, Iowa and Kentucky. And last week a woman in New York State sued Eli Lilly for $150 million, claiming that Prozac had induced her to slash her wrists...