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Comments made by senators in breaks from yesterday's continuous palavering suggest that the fast track proposal is, in the words of the NYT , "foundering," with a number of Senate Republicans bucking their leadership to complain that the House managers are entitled to more time to make their case against President Clinton.
The hype commences, with critics pronouncing Steven Spielberg's World War II epic "a movie of staggering virtuosity" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). Reviews dwell on the gory 25 minute opening battle scene, emblematic of Spielberg's new obsession with verisimilitude: "[O]ne of the greatest, most appalling things ever done in movies" (David Denby, New York ). Applause also goes to Spielberg for bucking war movie typecasting with Everyman Tom Hanks and such unmacho hunks as Matt Damon and Edward Burns.
Meanwhile, says the paper, Hussein made a statement on Iraqi television that appeared to be bucking up his countrymen to continue the impasse.
One week, you're the only one he can turn to when Newt shuts down the government; the next, you're bucking him up for Saddam.
Happily, the Weinsteins were a return to form, filling the niche vacated by the major studios and bucking the car chase, machine gun boilerplate.