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...Lucy, but not just in terms of her photographs. Cinema, as we survey other recent releases like Alan Rudolph's Afterglow and the Wachowski Brothers' Bound, is perhaps the last cultural realm where working as a plumber guarantees for an individual immediate and intense sexual gratification; this unfailing phenomenon is even more surprising when held against sitcom plumbers, who mostly appear as overweight white guys who score cheap laughs when their butts poke out from the waistlines of their jeans...
...Soul, for the Teenage Soul, for the Soul at Work, ad nauseam--that together have sold more than an astounding 28 million copies. (Suggestion for a new title: Chicken Soup for the Souls of 33 Publishers Who Really, Really Screwed Up.) The Chicken Soup product line is the publishing phenomenon of the decade. Last week five of the Top 10 slots on the Publishers Weekly paperback best-seller list were filled by Chicken Soup titles. Hansen and Canfield say they plan at least 30 more books over the next few years, and perhaps as many as 70, including ones...
...there was more to his gift than his sometimes mumbled challenge to convention, both middle class and theatrical. Had to be, or he would have been no more than a momentary phenomenon. Kazan found in the man-boy he made into a star "a soft, yearning, girlish side...and a dissatisfaction that can be dangerous." There's "a hell of a lot of turmoil there," he said. "He's uncertain about himself and he's passionate, both at the same time." The performances that defined Brando's screen character, and that somehow articulated the postwar generation's previously inarticulate disgust...
...least one study found that most Harvard students from rural areas do not return following their graduation but instead end up in major metropolitan areas. It's not a phenomenon limited to Harvard students; despite the fact that Rhodes Scholars are selected by region, there are currently 10 states with less than six scholars in residence...
Crimson breakdowns were not a regional phenomenon, considering that the same kind of mental lapses plagued Harvard in Wisconsin at the Badger Showdown. Against both the host team in the first round and then B.C. in the consolation game, the Crimson exhibited periods of greatness that were invariably followed by defensive lapses leading to quick, unanswered tallies for the opposing teams...