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Turan in the Los Angeles Times is captivated: Besides being "smartly written" and "directed with a lively intelligence," the film "has several surprises in its repertoire, and most--but not all--of them make this a most pleasant and diverting venture," he says.
He may be diverting attention from me, although those pretty, young girls on the street in Georgetown would not have been giving me attention anyway.
The WP , NYT , and LAT front Tuesday's federal indictment of McDonnell Douglas, now part of Boeing, and a Chinese airline it did business with on charges of diverting high-tech manufacturing tools to China's military.
Some states have, says the paper, used the money to start new welfare services, but many others are diverting the money to education or tax relief, or just saving it.
Artists' lives are often diverting but seldom illuminating.