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...himself. Case in point: De Laurentiis sold the rights to the sequel King Kong Lives to DEG for $21 million shortly before it opened in 1986. When the picture died on impact (estimated receipts: $2 million), De Laurentiis tried to compensate by giving DEG the rights to even more dubious films, some of which hadn't been made...
...adapt menswear for women. Margiela likes to make new clothes look lived in. Although a scrupulous tailor, he sews dark seams at the knees of trousers to resemble a crease. Like everyone else, he goes for thigh-high boots, but his are real fishing gear subjected to a dubious paint job. He avoids ornamentation; all his buttons function. Margiela's designs are both practical and imaginative. He and his street theater may be around for some time...
Dubbed by Lampoon editors the "lankiest comedian of all time," the 6'4" Cleese outdueled a meek Undergraduate Council Chair Guhan Subramanian '91-'92, wrestler Dwight Cooper '92 and several other local heroes in a mock battle for the dubious humor award...
...rogue lunatic nor an officer grimly carrying out a scheme to upset the cold war balance of terror. Then he must somehow manage to get himself aboard the U.S.S. Dallas, the American sub that has located Red October in the vastness of the Atlantic, and persuade its tough, dubious skipper (Scott Glenn) to help Ramius elude his Soviet pursuers...
...best tale of mismanaged mail at a Cambridge Post Office. Winners so far include a woman who recently recieved one piece of mail postmarked in 1985, and another Cantabridgian who recieved half of a letter one week and the other half the next. Among the prizes for this already dubious distinctions is a night on the town with Cambridge City Clerk Joseph E. Connarton...