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...sociological induction, done while sweeping the theaters, revealed that people who went to see arty movies like "Howards End" did not litter, while those who reveled in Whoopi's antics and Tom's neurasthenic smiles behaved as if the theater were their private sty. Someone once forgot a walker after a showing of "Sister Act"--old ladies adored the movie, and would come out exclaiming, "Oh, that Whoopi is so funny!" We also found several used diapers. After a showing of "Thunderheart," in which Val Kilmer (!) stars as a half-Indian detective who returns to the reservation to solve...
...since the Irish Republican Army began its bombing campaigns in the early 1970s, London has struggled to deal with terrorism. Downing Street, where the Prime Minister's residence is located, is now closed off by iron gates and car barriers. In the Underground system and many other public places, litter baskets-an easy place to plant bombs-have been removed. In July 1993, after the ira exploded two bombs in London's financial center, the 1-sq.-mi. district called the City, officials threw a "ring of steel" around the area. Smaller streets have been closed...
...they make the big deal, what then? It is one achievement, and a conspicuous one, to create a $2 billion corporation in a few months. It is another to sustain it. The carcasses of Orion, Zoetrope, the Ladd Co. and a dozen more litter the off-ramps of the Hollywood Freeway. In the next decade or so, plenty more virtual studios will get lost in cyberspace...
Clearly, there is no easy solution. You certainly cannot keep a litter of puppies in your room, no mater how big it is. Phew! Boy, would it stink! You need to either give Rover away or get rid of the puppies as quickly as you can. I don't suggest a violent method. Sell them and pay off your Coop bill! Or, if you're feeling generous, you could give them to the three or four proctors that don't have dogs...
...defense fund had other ideas. Gifford says fast food places bring "traffic, litter and negative impact on public safety and good." The group had defeated a bid by Boston Chicken to locate a franchise in the Square the year before...