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...artistic footprint than, say, Hong Kong (6 million population) in the 80s or Sweden (4 million) in the Ingmar Bergman years. The provinces have produced a few notable directors - David Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan from Ontario, Denys Arcand from Quebec, Guy Maddin from Manitoba - but their careers date back to the 60s, 70s or 80s. Other Canadians, like directors Norman Jewison and Paul Haggis and a slew of comedy stars, have packed their bags and emigrated to the dominant movie culture...
...terms of a question that's been raging for years, it's the best study to date - an extremely good study," says Dr. Philip Shaw, a research psychiatrist in the Child Psychiatry branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. (See the top 10 bad beverage ideas...
...officials have frequently cited the oil law as a key marker of progress, essential for building Iraq's future--and so setting a date for U.S. withdrawal. Without it, oil companies are unlikely to plow in the billions of exploration dollars Iraq needs because they will not be certain of the financial terms. "There is an enormous amount of pressure to get this law passed," says Alex Munton, a research analyst for Wood Mackenzie, a global energy consultancy based in Edinburgh. "Big oil companies are looking firstly for legal security before they consider venturing into Iraq--even leaving aside...
Sexual come-ons are a classic example. "Would you like to come up and see my etchings?" has been recognized as a double entendre for so long that by 1939, James Thurber could draw a cartoon of a hapless man in an apartment lobby saying to his date, "You wait here, and I'll bring the etchings down...
...arena of sexual relationships, however, that the linguistic dance can be its most elaborate. In an episode of Seinfeld, George is asked by his date if he would like to come up for coffee. He declines, explaining that caffeine keeps him up at night. Later he slaps his forehead: "'Coffee' doesn't mean coffee! 'Coffee' means sex!" The moment is funny, but it's also a reminder of just how carefully romantic partners must always tread. Make too blatant a request, as in Tootsie, and the hearer is offended; too subtle, as in Seinfeld, and it can go over...