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...traffic jam of omens, from bloody accidents to a neon sign that spells "spider" in Dutch on the front of her house. Later that night, Reve finds himself tormented with particularly nasty castration dreams that feature Christine wielding a pair of scissors in her blue-painted claws. Lest we dismiss the scene as a chuckle at Reve's castration complex and gender anxiety, within the next few shots we're shown Christine, applying steel-blue nail polish and' gleefully waving a very real pair of scissors. When Reve looks at the beach, he sees a bloody, mutilated man emerging from...
...Cuomo favorite. The Governor suggested that if St. Francis were alive today, his ascetic devotion to the poor, sick and oppressed might have led him to progressive politics and the ideals of the Democratic Party. Though Republicans may jeer at Cuomo's sudden secularization of a saint and dismiss his remarks about Darwinism as the origin of the specious, Democrats hope that the erudite comparison will serve them well in drawing the battle lines for the fall campaign...
...part of one plan being discussed last week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation would accept most of Continental's bad loans, estimated at $4 billion, in return for an estimated 80% stake in the bank. FDIC Chairman William Isaac would then dismiss Taylor and other top officials and install new bank management. In addition, observers say, the FDIC would substantially reduce the bank's $34 billion in assets by selling some holdings. The regulators may spin off the Chicago institution's weakest units into another bank, already dubbed "Trashco" by Continental employees, which could then be declared...
...Critics dismiss some of the bankruptcy talk as a scare tactic. Says Michael Totten, director of the Critical Mass Energy Project, a Washington conservation group: "It could be a bluff or a negotiating ploy. You can get a lot of mileage by scaring people. The companies have found a new weapon to force states to raise rates...
Journalists generally hold that compressing a person's remarks or improving his grammar is acceptable if it does not distort meaning. But Editor William Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said that he would dismiss a reporter for behavior like Reid's: "It is an indulgence we cannot afford in this business." Leonard Downie, who was named last week as managing editor of the Washington Post, said, "Shawn is apparently torn between personal loyalty to Reid and the standards for accuracy of his magazine." Declared Des Moines Register President Michael Gartner: "Anybody can be a good writer...