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...Altman predictably suffers from claustrophobia, though the disorder only surfaces during the first few hours of her confinement in her new home’s panic room. After Fincher satisfies himself that her claustrophobia has been successfully established, he moves on to another fairly well established cinematic trend, the fatal, time-dependent illness of Foster’s young daughter (Kristin Stewart). From an evil stepmother to a greedy young heir, a disconnected security phone line to a criminal disguising himself with the clothing of a dead man, this movie pulls out all the traditional stops...

Author: By Emily W. Porter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Reason To 'Panic' | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

...aware of a community of aviophobes on the internet. Airline safety junkies abound on the web, debating the advantages of different types of airplanes, rating their safety and giving far too much information for the amateur paranoiac. For example, there are websites out there that track the number of fatal accidents for each airline and the dates these accidents occurred. Some a little farther off the deep end spend their time uncovering conspiracies between government agencies and airlines to trade money for safety. But many with my affliction count accidents, track statistics and try to beat the odds...

Author: By Robert J. Fenster, | Title: Harvard's Silent Manias | 4/4/2002 | See Source »

Dangerous driving Women's fatal traffic accidents have increased 30% since 1982, compared with a decrease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gentler Sex? | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

Although drivers ages 15 to 20 have dramatically reduced their alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents, the number of girls involved in other deadly crashes has increased since 1982 while it has fallen for boys. The likelihood that a 16-year-old girl will have an accident has increased almost 10% since 1990--and cars with two or more teens inside are twice as likely to crash as cars in which a teen is driving solo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gentler Sex? | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

AILING. PAMELA ANDERSON, 34, TV actress; with hepatitis C, a potentially fatal but often treatable virus that attacks the liver; in Los Angeles. The former Baywatch star said she contracted it by sharing a tattoo needle with her rocker ex-husband Tommy Lee, whom she is battling for custody of their children. Lee's publicist denied he had the virus, saying Anderson was trying "to hurt Tommy and their two boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 1, 2002 | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

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