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...wasn't on these shows merely to flog himself; he was there to promote his movies. A workaholic in the English acting tradition, Grant has made 18 films in eight years, and part of the pleasure of following him has been to see a fellow with leading-man looks play so many variations on the upper-class twit. Last year, besides his suavely manic turn in Four Weddings, he was seen as the prim prelate in the Australian soft-core Sirens and as an hors d'oeuvre to a sexually voracious woman in Roman Polanski's Bitter Moon. Now three...
...groups that have suffered extremely, as blacks and Jews have suffered, taking yes for an answer may even be experienced as a form of betrayal. And so, in such groups, the improvement of life will be a great opportunity for the mongerers of guilt, and for those who flog their own brethren with ideals of authenticity to prevent them from recognizing the reality of progress...
...praise of those who despise his opinions, Limbaugh thinks he is popular because most Americans -- disenfranchised by the liberal media -- agree with what he says. "The majority of people just don't want to hear their country ridiculed or accused of being wrong. Let's not flog ourselves. I happen to believe in love of country, and that's what people want to hear...
...bill was intended to counter a series of Supreme Court decisions that make it more difficult for workers to win job-discrimination lawsuits. Democrats accuse the President of playing racial politics, preferring to flog the quota issue in next year's election rather than pass an effective...
...stations, these program-length ads provide a tidy source of revenue from little watched time periods. (Half an hour of postmidnight airtime can bring in between $5,000 and $20,000 in big-city markets.) For an advertiser with a steam iron or self-help course to flog, an infomercial can be a good way to corral viewers for a long, hard sell. A 30-minute ad for a hand mixer from Kitchenmate cost just $125,000 to make and has generated $55 million in sales, according to its producer, the Guthy-Renker Corp. Altogether, infomercials generated $500 million...