Word: brutalizers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sounds like brutal, elemental capitalism, it is. But American Express's friendlier, market-dictated face won't appeal to consumers if they can't use the new cards when and where they want. In recent years, AmEx has been chucked out of establishments by owners who were no longer willing to pay an average fee of 3.2% per purchase (as compared with 2% for Visa and MasterCard). A chastened Amex has now chopped its vendor fee to 2.8%, and the ploy seems to be working. Since 1992, the company has moved boldly into / establishments regarded by consumers as plastic-essential...
...seen it all before -- if not in movies, then on the local news. A boy still in grade school peddles cocaine for drug lords; he seems set for a short, brutal sentence in the prison of the inner city. But we have not seen that story Fresh, from the perspective of young Michael (Sean Nelson), who has a lively brain and a vengeful spirit to ensure his success on the streets. Nor have we seen the tale through the acute camera eye of writer-director Boaz Yakin...
...brutal week for Simpson's defense...
Cedras and his cronies responded to the threats last week with a show of defiance noteworthy even for them: a declaration of a state of siege, an attempted political assassination, a brutal assault on Haitians waiting in line to apply for political asylum in the U.S. and a threat to close down local press organizations that report "alarmist news." They finished the week by ordering their Justice Ministry to prepare a case charging Aristide , with treason for supporting foreign intervention to restore him to power...
...Angeles police search for several suspects in the brutal murder of actress Sharon Tate and four companions...