Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dark-eyed sex kitten Valerie Kaprisky plays the teenage vamp out for the blood of musclebound gigelo-pimp Romain (played by French hearthrob Bernard Giraudeau). The premise, not a plot but a torturously enacted idea for one, is a humourous example of self-conscious Freudiana: at the beginning of the film, Chris saves an eight-year-old boy from the deadly clutches of a field of jellyfish--read vagina--and in the end pushes superstud Giraudeau into the deadly metaphor...
...kind of bracket, the part of braces that affixes to the teeth. Called Starfire brackets, they are made of transparent, stain-proof sapphire. They may become an attractive alternative to clear brackets made of plastic, which tend to discolor. Traditional metallic braces, though still widely used, give some self-conscious patients the feeling that they resemble James Bond's cinematic nemesis Jaws...
They also say that the newly cost-conscious middle class students who in past times would have attended a private university might now be inclined to enroll at a less expensive public school--a change that could drive smaller private schools out of business...
...religion about which to broadcast from a bully pulpit. I could have faked all the stuff about God and fire and brimstone and the earth erupting if we lose our faith, but I needed something for my followers to believe in. Therefore, I have organized the Church of Religious Consciousness. Anybody who is conscious can join...and any one who can join can send me spare cash...
...Meanwhile, the wave of women entering managerial and professional ranks has greatly increased the demand for fashionable clothing in all sizes -- along with the income to pay for it. Some clothing experts estimate that fully 45% of women wearing size 16 or larger are in the free-spending, fashion-conscious 25-to-35 age bracket. Their purchasing power will continue to expand as the U.S. population ages...