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Michael Hutchence, lead singer of the band INXS is the movie's big draw. I shudder to think what the millions of love-sick teenagers who think Hutchence is a puppy-dog version of Mick Jagger are going to think when confronted with the constant onslaught of idiotic, random dialogue, offensive jokes and drug abuse and vomiting of Dogs In Space...
...fields ranging from entertainment and sports to education and public transportation, ultra-Orthodox militants, who make up only about 6% of the country's population, are fighting to impose their religious views on the majority. In the face of that onslaught, many non-Orthodox Israelis have responded with anger and resentment. Warns Uriel Reichman, dean of Tel Aviv University law school: "These things only create hatred of religion. For the vast majority of Israelis, their delight in Jewish tradition is being taken away...
Biden was just about the last politician who could survive such an onslaught. Any number of Democratic pros were happy to see him stumble; Biden had surrounded himself with aides, notably Pollster Pat Caddell, who struck them as arrogant. Caddell particularly antagonized Democratic elders by talking about leading an "inside insurgency" that would capture the party for the baby-boom generation...
Collins' score brought to a close an offensive onslaught that saw Harvard and UNH combine for six goals in less than 10 minutes...
Beneath the onslaught, the city's piers lie idle. A major shipping center in calmer days, the port of Basra is now filled with stranded and rusting vessels. In the middle of the Shatt al Arab, formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, two cargo ships lie half submerged, the apparent victims of random shells...