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...Dire Consequences

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HUPD Reports Rise in Alcohol Incidents at Game | 12/6/2002 | See Source »

...critically acclaimed and Golden-globe nominated picture Analyze This added a whole new dimension to the gangster film genre: the anxiety-attack prone mafia boss in dire need of psychological help. Moviegoers agreed that this story of the journey of mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) towards mental stability, aided by his reluctant psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal), was an innovative comedic undertaking which put its then-unknown production companies on the map of Hollywood fame...

Author: By Gary P.H. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "That's Not Bad" | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

According to Robert J. Orchard, managing director of the American Repertory Theater (ART), which shares the Loeb with the HRDC, lack of space for the performing arts is a “dire situation...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Theater Group Prepares to Usher in New Leaders | 12/4/2002 | See Source »

...tangible ways by the next general election - either that, a tax hike or more borrowing. "We have been met, I am afraid, by a claim that is unreasonable," said Blair, "and if we yield to that claim then the consequences to the rest of the economy are absolutely dire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Season Of The Strike | 12/1/2002 | See Source »

THERE BE DRAGONS The warnings grew more dire the closer I got to Kam Chanode, the islandlike abode of the mythical Naga. "Watch what you say when you get there," advised the smiling service station attendant. "It's a sacred place," croaked a gimlet-eyed crone squatting outside a shop where I stopped for water. "Be careful." Thus it was with some trepidation that I turned off the highway and followed the signs along a strip of crumbling bitumen. I passed through the gates of a temple and found the tallest palm trees I've ever seen, jutting skyward from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 11/17/2002 | See Source »

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