Word: chainsaws
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Back in the USA, things aren't so peaceable in the Animal Kingdom. This week brought us microwaved parrots and chainsaw-wielding deer. Meanwhile, animals are dropping like, well, flies at Disney's new zoo, and the American Kennel Club is rethinking its position that while Doberman pinschers are kid-friendly, Chihuahuas should be kept away from both junior AND Taco Bell. What's a card-carrying member of PETA to do? Rent 'Pet Sematary', of course (but don't let anyone see you do it), a God-Awful picture that will nevertheless leave you nostalgic for the time when...
...longest works. Yet there are ellipses aplenty, in plot and dialogue, to tantalize and mystify the viewer. "I'm always trying to keep it spare," Mamet says. "Trudy Ship, the editor on my first films, said in editing, 'You start with a scalpel, and you end with a chainsaw.' I think that's true of writing too. For me the real division between a serious writer and an unserious one is whether they're willing...
...known as Chainsaw Al pulled a fast one last week, buying three companies when everyone assumed he would be selling his own. In the process, the CEO of Sunbeam Corp., the small-appliance maker, carved a kindlier image for himself: Al Dunlap, builder. No, the Chainsaw did not have an attack of conscience. Dunlap, who seemed primed for an exit, decided to try something different. And in keeping with his flair for drama, he spent $1.8 billion in a single day for three companies--all with striking possibilities to complement one another: Coleman Co., which makes leisure equipment; Signature Brands...
...sure he's wrong. He may be Chainsaw Al to the tens of thousands he has fired. But that name doesn't fit for the even greater numbers who have prospered with him. I hereby dub thee Equity Al, money in the bank. Maybe that moniker, like Dunlap at Sunbeam, will stick around awhile...
...seen a company so down that it says it must shed thousands of jobs, and the stock zooms? So ingrained is this convoluted logic that the mere appointment of a CEO known for tough love can send a stock flying. Sunbeam surged 49% on the day cost-cutting Al ("Chainsaw") Dunlap became CEO. Japan should name him Minister of Finance; the rally would dazzle...