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Watching this film fold is in itself an unnerving spectacle. Though Fitzearruldo is almost as overbudgeted, overproduced, overblown as many Hollywood bondanzas, the added symbolic and idenlogical freight produced a particularly land thud when the whole thing falls aprt...
...British government, the Bank of America, and Scotland Yard were all suspicious that DeLorean was bending, if not breaking, the law. But they were never able to pin him down. It seems likely the entrepreneur was afraid that if he allowed his company to fold, the ensuing financial investigation would reveal too much...
That total does not include a far greater number of firms, perhaps as many as 4,000 weekly, that simply fold up and quit after paying off their debts. When a plant gate is padlocked or when the neighborhood dry cleaner shuts its doors, jobs are lost, investments vanish, and dreams turn into dust...
...times, when the confusion of multiple objects does not interfere with his scenes, Axinn writes palatable, single-theme poetry using tidy lines like "I shall fold you into myself." His voice is clear, and he does not create any discomfort for the reader. He is only trying to convey enjoyment...
...those not brought in the fold, the word "missionary" evokes a peculiar response. Some people conjure up images of civilized, altruistic Christians devoting their lives to instructing ignorant tribesmen in the rudiments of modern medicine. Others think in terms of the colonial exploitation of an economically dependent Third World. But negative stereotypes do not daunt the Church of Latter-Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon Church, which currently boasts a missionary population of 32,000-35,000 youths...