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...director he thought he was being misused, but he did find that movies were a lot less fun than theater or Tenacious D, the Spinal Tap-ish band he created with fellow Actors' Gang alum Kyle Gass. "It wasn't about control," says Black. "It was about the co-lla-bo. There's great directors who treat actors like cattle, but I hated it, and I knew if I ever had a choice, I didn't want to work with those guys. Who said that thing about actors and cattle? Hitchcock? Yeah, I don't want to work with that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Plan of Jack Black | 6/4/2006 | See Source »

...strange ailment that triggered the new concern is a disorder of the nervous system called GuÍllaÍn-Barré syndrome. Named for the French doctors who described it in 1916. it begins with paralysis in the legs and may gradually spread upward to the hands and arms and the rest of the body. Most people eventually recover (the death rate is 5%), but if the breathing muscles are seriously impaired, a respirator may be needed during the critical period. No one knows what causes the paralyzing nerve inflammation, though the syndrome seems to strike more often after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICINE: Roll Down Your Sleeves, America! | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

Officials of the U.S. Public Health Service's Center for Disease Control (CDC) were first alerted when a number of states reported a disturbing trend: GuÍllaÍn-Barré syndrome seemed to be occurring with greater frequency among people who had been inoculated than among those who had not. A quick survey confirmed their fears: only one out of every five Americans (nearly 40 million) had received their swine-flu shots. Yet, of the 107 suspected paralysis cases in 18 states, more than half-at least 58 people, including six who later died-had been inoculated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICINE: Roll Down Your Sleeves, America! | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

SARASOTA, Lla., March 8--Center-fielder Jimmy Piersall will be the only 1956 regular in the Boston starting lineup tomorrow when the Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers open their Grapefruit League season...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Red Sox to Begin Exhibitions As Young Hurlers Face Tigers | 3/9/1957 | See Source »

...Overture, "Strad lla," Flotow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tonight's Promenade Concert. | 5/29/1897 | See Source »

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