Word: claime
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...Hercules spawned perhaps a hundred peplum epics, so called for the short skirts the guys wore. All were inspired by Greek and Roman mythology; Reeves, a former Mr. America, Mr. World and Mr. Universe whose previous claim to fame had been a costarring role in Ed Wood's Jail Bait, went on to star in a Hercules sequel, then as Aeneas and Romulus. After him came other musclemen: Reg Park in Hercules Conquers Atlantis, Ed Fury in Ursus, Son of Hercules, Mark Forest in Mole Men vs. the Son of Hercules. Well-tended flesh was as important to these movies...
...left, the far left, anyone standing to the left,” as well as “democrats, people who voted for democrats, [and] people who know democrats” This doesn’t quite stand up to the promo’s last claim of being an “equal opportunity offender.” So much for “Fair and Balanced.” However, the greatest injury caused by the show isn’t inflicted on liberals but rather on humor itself...
...Gonzales stood by the decision to fire the eight U.S. attorneys and repeated his claim that politics was not a factor in the dismissals. In an apparent attempt to shield the White House, Gonzales' aides protrayed the firings as a largely DOJ operation...
...immigrants stood handcuffed in front of a New Orleans federal courthouse. They weren't on trial, but rather launching a suit against their employer, Decatur Hotels, and its owner, local magnate F. Patrick Quinn III. Brought to the U.S. to fill post-Katrina vacancies, the guest workers claim that their pre-signed contracts are all but fiction, and they are demanding compensation. The handcuffs - along with enlarged copies of their visa papers strung around their necks - were symbolic...
...Orleans, businesses regularly used these temporary guest-worker programs to evade hiring U.S. labor at higher wages and with benefits. The Department of Labor (DOL) requires U.S. companies wanting foreign labor to first prove that "no persons in the U.S. are available" for the positions. But Decatur workers' allies claim that the DOL lacked the proper oversight to approve the workers' contracts...