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...first achievement in "The Passion of the Christ" is to strip the biblical epic of its encrusted sanctimony and show biz. It takes hard men to work this Holy Land, men who labor under the twin burdens of poverty and the oppression of Roman occupation. Their clothes are dirt-dry and sweat-drenched. By jolting the viewer to reconsider Hollywood's calcified stereotypes of the New Testament, Gibson wants to restore the immediacy of that time, the stern wonder of that land, the thrilling threat of meeting the Messiah on the mean streets of Jerusalem...
White House officials, surprised by what they call "the hysteria" over Bush's war record, concede that this has not been their finest hour. "We were a little rusty on this," said an adviser. Said another: "[The White House] swung at a pitch in the dirt...
...same scenario of "too much, too soon" applies to a range of commodities. At Anyang Iron & Steel, one of China's biggest steel producers, the company's vice chairman, Wu Changxun, points to a tremendous dirt expanse outside the factory. Workers are erecting a new foundry there that will more than double the plant's output capacity. It is slated to provide part of the 50 million tons in increased capacity expected nationwide by 2005. "Banks are offering us loans even without our asking," says Wu. That money will have to be repaid. Letting extra capacity sit idle...
...advertising executive who created some of the catchiest product slogans in Madison Avenue history; of an apparent heart attack; in St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 1968 he came up with the line "Wisk beats ring around the collar," reportedly after research found shirt-collar dirt to be among homemakers' peskiest wash problems. He also drummed into Americans' heads the notions that Tareyton smokers "would rather fight than switch" and that "Delta is ready when...
...size of Glenn Close's posterior on the set of Jagged Edge. You're no doubt also curious about Eszterhas' alleged death threat from Michael Ovitz, and Marlon Brando's feces collection, and Elizabeth Berkley's exhibitionism on the set of Showgirls. There's a large amount of celebrity dirt in Hollywood Animal, and much of it is rich, loamy, high-quality dirt. Go ahead. It's O.K. to roll around...