Word: allene
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rachel Allen '91 joined Bally's with two of her former roommates. Allen had just graduated, and the roommates were seniors, so flexibility was important to them in a membership...
...sales representative told us there was no commitment," Allen says, "but of course, there was. We specifically asked her if there was a commitment, and she said...
There is one aspect of cloning, though, that writers have largely overlooked: its potential for laughs. The most obvious exception to that rule is Woody Allen in Sleeper. The high point of the film comes when Allen's character kidnaps the severed nose of a Big Brother-like dictator before it can be cloned to oppress the world once more, and holds it hostage at gunpoint. It's hard, though intriguing, to imagine what ethicists would do with that...
...economists agree that budget cutting on that scale is necessary or desirable. "Coming out of recession, there is a tendency to exaggerate future deficits because you don't think you'll ever get out of the recession," says Alan Reynolds, director of economic research at the conservative Hudson Institute. Allen Sinai, chief economist of Boston Co. Economic Advisors, thinks that nearly half the current deficit is due to an underperforming economy, which results in lost tax receipts and extra spending on unemployment. Moving too sharply to balance the budget would "pour salt on the wound," he says. "Modest budget restraint...
...films are unmistakably those of an Italian male of the late 20th century. Italian, yes, but also universal. No European filmmaker has been imitated so flatteringly on Broadway (Cabiria and 8 1/2 both found their way to the musical stage) and in Hollywood (Paul Mazursky, Bob Fosse and Woody Allen have all done their own confessional glosses on 8 1/2). Male, yes, but with a stethoscope auditing the heart of a woman. La Strada, Cabiria, Juliet and Ginger and Fred (1983) are four sympathetic diagnoses of vital women used by weak men. They are also, of course, dynamic showcases...