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...implants. It gave us Manifest Destiny and reality TV. But it is part of what defines us. Maybe Smith made people uncomfortable because she crassly, gluttonously embodied ideals that are familiar, even celebrated, in American culture: determination, drive and the faith that the good are rewarded materially. "I think heaven's a beautiful place," she told Los Angeles magazine in 1994. "Gold. You walk on gold floors...
Whether or not Smith is in her 24-karat heaven, in life it sometimes seemed as if her physique, her creation, was all she had left. In 2004 she appeared at the American Music Awards, fingering her cleavage and slurring, "Like my body?" Some people called it an intoxicated rant, others a lost girl's plea for love. But is there a touch of professional pride in there too? This is my life's work, she seems to tell us. This what I made for you. I did a good job. Didn...
...everyone’s lines seem straight out of a romance novel you find in the dollar bin, but it’s all in wholesome, pulp fun. Throughout, Johansson seems very conscious of the fame that got her this gig. Fueling the rumors of a made-in-tabloid-heaven romance, the two definitely have chemistry, but then again, what man wouldn’t with Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year? After JT discovers Scarlett’s indiscretions, she runs to her vehicle and he follows in a sports car that no lounge singer could...
...rare for a petition even to be accepted by the relevant office, much less be acted on. And in many cases, orders issued in Beijing or a provincial capital as a result of a successful petition are ignored by lower authorities. (Tiangao, huangdi yuan, the Chinese say: "Heaven is high and the Emperor is far away." Beijing has always had enormous trouble enforcing its will in the far-flung corners of China, where the local bosses pretty much do what they want). Still, Li said that so far Chen's spirits are holding up well. "He is very strong," said...
...companies, one of which was a client. He demanded they manipulate specific stocks to reach a set price, often $6.66, a number with possible Biblical or apocalyptic meaning. In one June, 2006 letter, he ended with the phrase: "IT IS BETTER TO REIGN IN HELL, THAN TO SERVE IN HEAVEN." The Bishop's curious stock-market demands were "delusional" since the companies were not large enough to do the kind of manipulation he demanded, Burton said. Once his demands were not met, his campaign escalated, going from simple demands in 2005 to more serious threats of violence...