Word: blood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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White-collar guys with blood under their manicured nails, Tom Grunick (played by William Hurt in Broadcast News) and Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen in Wall Street) are the ring bearers, the genetically streamlined children, of the new amorality. Bud, in his mid-20s, is learning how to wheel and wheedle; Tom, in his mid-30s, already knows how to ingratiate and conquer. Bud does it with long hours and pit-bull doggedness, Tom with his boyish, passive charisma. Both men might tell you that ideals are as passe as peace marches and that the happening disease, the one everyone wants...
...team of researchers, Kligman took skin biopsies and examined the tissue microscopically. "To our surprise, there were changes that were quite dramatic, even startling," says Kligman, who published his findings last year in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Retin-A accelerated skin-cell turnover, stimulated blood-vessel growth and boosted production of collagen and elastin fibers. His conclusion: retinoic acid can help ease and even correct some of the effects of prolonged exposure...
...noble human conceit, one that seems particularly American: that the world's conflicts are caused by misunderstandings and mistaken perceptions. If we sit down and talk, we can clear things up. Like most noble conceits, there is some truth to it. Summitry serves to lower the world's blood pressure. The two most powerful leaders on the planet smile at each other; somehow it seems that the rumbling forces of history, filled with clashing values and national interests, might thus be tamed. And like most conceits, there is some danger: neither the President nor the public should be lulled into...
...disobedience and armed insurrection, Haiti seemed balanced on the brink of anarchy. "From now on, it will be a constant struggle until we get our way," warned the Rev. Alain Rocourt, an election official and proponent of democratic change. "We've already lost too many people and too much blood. We're prepared...
With all its blood and dismembered appendages, Sweeney is not for the squeamish. Only slightly easier to stomach is the play's moralistic, class-conscious, intellectual baggage--Sweeney is probably the only musical that doesn't allow its singers to smile. Still Sweeney Todd is worth seeing for the shear power of its performances...