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...never won an Oscar. She worked with few good directors, made fewer great films than any star of comparable magnitude. She appeared in 14 silent features, then 14 talkies beginning in 1930 -- but even in that era her fervid, hypnotic style of acting was an odd anachronism. Except in drag clubs, she inspired no real imitators. But Garbo was more than a camp goddess. She was just the most haunting beauty, and the finest actress, in movie history...
That's what they all say, though everybody knows there isn't a pit bull alive that can drag a conductor off the stage. In any case, true success nowadays means more than the ability to produce a memorable performance. It means winning the directorship of a major ensemble, a substantial recording contract, the admiration of players, the acclaim of critics and audiences...
...comes TV's latest hit family, The Simpsons. Here the characters are animated but still a grungy, bickering lot. "Sometimes I think we're the worst family in town," says Dad gloomily. His solution is to drag his brood to a therapist, who hooks them up to electrodes as part of behavior- modification treatment. Result: they start giving one another electric shocks...
...down the four-mile strip, honking horns and whistling at the girls, since the 1950s. But with 5,000 cars choking the avenue on Friday and Saturday nights, rock throwing, fighting, drugs, drinking and backseat sex have replaced good old-fashioned gawking. Police say the motorized mayhem puts a drag on protecting the rest of Modesto. "I've seen them take weapons and drugs from the kids," said Mayor Carol Whiteside. Last fall there was even a gang-related shooting...
...been mentioned as the first black vice presidential nominee, waited to see a videotape of Savage's remarks before declaring them "unacceptable, divisive and bigoted." A private lunchtime meeting last week of the Congressional Black Caucus turned into what one member called "a knock-down, drag-out" on Savage. Said a participant: "I think members are trying to say to him, 'Cool it. Don't continue to try and tear things apart.' " The next day, Savage screened a videotape of his speech and asserted that he had made no anti-Semitic remarks...