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...equivalent to an X or NC-17 from the U.S. movie industry. But with one big difference. The existence of an adult classification inhibited American directors; they were unwilling to buck movie studios (which demanded an R or softer rating in contracts) or movie theaters (some of which refused to play non-pornographic adult fare), and simply stopped making rough films for grownups. In Hong Kong, movie people saw the new rating not as an inhibition but as a liberation. Now they could show ... anything! (Except hard-core sex.) The Hong Kong film form, already pretty robust and raunchy, went...
BIGGEST BANG FOR HIS BUCK...
...more business from top executives. The first sleuthing step was writing firms to ask if they routinely spin shares. How could the guilty ever escape that trap? China Gains on U.S. Pains In a year when foreign direct investment has plunged about 27% worldwide, China is expected to buck the trend with a record influx of over $50 billion. Indeed, new U.N. forecasts say China will pass the U.S. for the first time as the top recipient of foreign investment. Speedy Little Pill The European Parliament struck down an industry-backed measure that some feared would allow consumer advertising...
Michigan's North Country Bank was offering a free gun with a new checking account--more bang for the buck, read the ad--so naturally Michael Moore had to apply. And he had to ask the friendly officer who helped him with the application: "You think it's a little dangerous handing out guns at a bank...
...DIED. PAUL "HUCKLE-BUCK" WILLIAMS, 87, jazz saxophonist and bandleader whose 1949 hit The Huckle-Buck was the biggest-selling record in the Savoy label's 60-year history; in New York City. The tune topped the R. and B. charts for 14 weeks and spawned many vocal versions, most notably by Frank Sinatra...