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...people, you’re not going to have any call left at all.” Plus, Toback is used to labels pinned on him by his many passionate critical detractors and supporters over his thirty-year span as a major American writer/director—loquacious, honest, blunt, in-your-face, compulsive, lecherous. But one thing is absolutely certain: Be it through his films or his intense personality, he always keeps things interesting. His new film, When Will I Be Loved, is no exception, showcasing many of the aesthetic and thematic traits that have made his films stand...
...printed a sensationalist chronicle of Toback’s attempted sexual exploits over a short time period. A four-page foldout chart in the magazine detailed whom he hit on and how he worked his magic. His compulsive girl-chasing behavior, his admitted gambling addiction and, above all, his blunt comments about people he dislikes in the industry have made many critics cast off his films on a personal level...
...campaign failed to learn from 1984’s interest group liberalism and ignored inoculating himself from appearing too far left…just as Al Gore’s campaign failed to learn from 1988 and neglected to respond fast enough, and early enough, to blunt easily-anticipated character attacks…the Kerry campaign, like all the others, ignores history and is, therefore, bound to repeat...
...says hospitals must set the same charges for everyone. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson wrote to the AHA in February, however, saying the suggestion that hospitals must charge list prices "is not correct and certainly does not accurately reflect my policy." A Texas hospital administrator is blunt about why hospitals pursue the medically indigent: "The driving force is to badger them so they don't come back...
Kerry could have challenged Bush: "Fight the war, Mr. President, or bring the troops home." It would have been blunt, strong, simple--indeed, simplistic, just as Bush often is--but it might also have put the President on the defensive for a change. Kerry wouldn't even have to say what he would do: he could legitimately argue that would depend on the situation on the ground in January. It would also, I suspect, reflect Kerry's true feelings: that Bush has waged an incompetent war in Iraq, which he is in serious danger of losing...