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Mike Judge, the creator of "Beavis and Butthead" and "King of the Hill," has carved a niche out for himself in the entertainment business. He has a dubious knack for illuminating that side of America which may be better left in the dark. However, in his first live-action feature, Office Space, Judge demonstrates that while he still has an eye for social maladies, he lacks the talent needed to create "real" characters and a credible story...
Where is all this dumb money? Much of it is in Internet stocks, most of which command stratospheric prices despite their lack of profits and their dubious prospects. In a seminal event for these stocks' valuations, high-flying portal company Lycos last week agreed to merge with USA Networks, a real company (Home Shopping Network; Ticketmaster) with $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Lycos shares plunged 31% in two days as investors reflected on Lycos' value inside a company that must--gasp--post rising profits to boost its share price...
...dangerous acquaintance answers to the names Knowledge Born, K-God or simply K. All identities in the story have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent, which should include Century. Much of his "inside" information is hearsay. And his practice of using aliases in nonfiction is no less dubious because it is commonplace and a legal safeguard. But Century wants to have his fact and fiction at the same time. It can be tricky. If readers overlook an early cryptic footnote, they will be unaware of the name alterations until they reach a disclosure...
Privately, some Navy officials acknowledge that the military rationale for 50 attack submarines is dubious. After all, the Navy now assigns two attack subs to each deployed aircraft carrier, something it usually didn't do even during the most tension-fraught days of the cold war. "It's a dirty little secret," a Navy commander daringly argued in Proceedings, an independent Navy journal. "U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines no more support the carrier battle group commander than wet roads support traffic safety...
...DUBIOUS LEGAL TACTICS Then: House managers hired spies to go through the garbage at the defense team's hotel Now: House managers had pre-deposition confab with Monica at the Renaissance Hotel...