Word: thunderous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...effortlessly as he did his screen partners. The actor, who died in 1996 at 72, recalls his career with eloquence, irony and a gentle wonder. To hear him utter, with a child's reverence, the names Gary Cooper and Clark Gable is to hear a cordial peal of thunder from one Olympic peak to another. "I like people; I love life," he says. "Perhaps that is why life has loved me in return." At three hours-plus, this is the Shoah of movie-star chats. But it is worth every second if the viewer brings an imaginary glass of Chianti...
...everything, that people are still truly good at heart"--but the passage that follows is more revealing: "I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness; I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too; I can feel the sufferings of millions; and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty will end, and that peace and tranquillity will return again ... I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps...
...TELEVISION Houston Open (PGA), NESN, 4 p.m. Celtics at Heat, WABU, 7:30 p.m. Pirates at Braves, NESN, 7:30 p.m. WWF Smackdown, WSBK, 8 p.m. WCW Thunder...
...slow start. "She hasn't put anything in place quickly," says Dickerson. "She's only announcing her New Hampshire team this coming week." Another big money drawer was former vice president Dan Quayle with $2.1 million. His good showing indicates the GOP contest will contain plenty of thunder from the right...
...TELEVISION Senior PGA Champs., ESPN, 12 p.m. MCI Classic (PGA), NESN, 1:30 p.m. White Sox at Red Sox, NESN, 6. p.m. Bruins at Penguins, ESPN, 7:30 p.m. WCW Thunder, TBS, 8 p.m. Burn at Fusion (MLS), ESPN2, 8 p.m. Blues at Coyotes, ESPN2, 10 p.m. Dodgers at D'Backs, NESN...