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...creativity and expression aside, there was another, more concrete reason why Southern stuck with the movie biz: he acknowledged in an interview (also included in "Dig") that "it is highly rewarding in the financial sense..." Therefore, owing quite a bit to the IRS, he looked forward to scoring a "breakthrough" film project that would simultaneously solve his financial troubles and resuscitate his standing in the Hollywood community. The juiciest anecdotes in Hill's biography detail the curious way in which he pursued this breakthrough: in true self-destructive, Wellesian style, he hooked up with a variety of collaborators who were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Life and High Times of Terry Southern | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

Finally, the breakthrough in cancer drugs that we have long been searching for! Too bad that few of us will be able to afford them. DAVID CHESTERTON Marblehead, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 18, 2001 | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...Women?s health groups hail the decision as a breakthrough; activists hope the federal ruling will signal other employers that inequitable coverage will not stand up to legal scrutiny. (They won?t get any argument from the defendant; after the judgement was announced Bartell?s chief financial officer, Jean Bartell Barber, said she believes Lasnik wanted to make an example of her company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Birth Control Benefit Could Be a Bitter Pill For Employers | 6/13/2001 | See Source »

...while the groups say they know that it is difficult to reach any breakthrough, they also acknowledge that dialogue should still continue...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Middle East Tensions Flare Up on Campus | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...Palestinian demands are long, but I don't know if the Americans will be able to respond positively. They can't. Still, the Palestinians may find themselves accepting European and American conditions because they are weaker. But in light of the feeling on the street, nobody's expecting a breakthrough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Arafat's Cease Fire is Unpopular' | 6/6/2001 | See Source »

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