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"[after dropping Marco's body onto Powell's car] Welcome to the party, pal!"
"High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages and declared war. One man has managed to escape. An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got."
"Thirteen terrorists. One cop. The odds are against John McClane... That's just the way he likes it."
"He's the only chance anyone has got."
"It's Christmas Eve In L.A. And The Party Action's About To Explode... On The Fortieth Floor!"
"Suspense, Excitement, Adventure, On every level!"
"40 Stories High — with Suspense, Excitement and Adventure on every level!"
"40 Stories of Sheer Adventure"
"Bruce Willis — John McClane"
"Alan Rickman — Hans Gruber"
"Bonnie Bedelia — Holly Gennero McClane"
"Reginald VelJohnson — Sgt. Al Powell"
"Paul Gleason — Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson"
"James Shigeta — Joseph Takagi"
"Alexander Godunov — Karl"
"Clarence Gilyard Jr. — Theo"
"De'voreaux White — Argyle"
"Hart Bochner — Harry Ellis"
"Grand L. Bush — FBI Agent Johnson"
"Robert Davi — FBI Special Agent Johnson"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.