Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy triptych, has an unmistakable brand of humor, a unique way of putting smart, nasty words into his character's mouths. His small, dialogue-based films thrive on the rantings of slackers and dopeheads and revel in the insignificant struggles of everyday life. Given the plot and the ribaldry of Dogma, it's no wonder the Catholic League has--well, raised hell about its release. The organization was responsible for convincing Disney, the original distributor, to drop the movie, arguing that it was blasphemous and immoral. Smith, himself a practicing Catholic, assures that the film...
...suite on its second floor, the U.S. State Department pays more than $200 a sq. ft. annually, according to documents obtained by TIME--double what most empty modern office space in London costs. Iraqi opposition leaders are supposed to use the lavish accommodations Washington has provided to plot Saddam's overthrow, but most say they stay away. For them, Cavendish Square is an embarrassing example of how the other front in this war with Saddam has become an extravagant charade...
Last Friday was supposed to be the day of South High School's big homecoming game and dance. Instead, the Cleveland school was shut down, guarded by police and surrounded by anxious questions. School authorities had uncovered what they described as a possibly racist plot by a group of about a dozen white students who had threatened an armed assault like the one in Littleton, Colo. Police arrested four boys, one 14 and three 15, who authorities said had made plans to go on a killing spree last Friday at the mostly black urban school. The assault...
...alleged plot surfaced on Wednesday when school officials were tipped off by the mother of a student who had heard about it from classmates. On Thursday morning the suspects, and those thought to know about their plans, were interviewed, and their parents were brought in. The four arrested youths were charged with such offenses as inciting violence, aggravated menacing and ethnic intimidation. One was also charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder; another checked into a medical center for psychiatric evaluation. All told, 11 students were suspended. At a press conference on Friday, Cleveland Mayor Michael White said, "There...
Luckily, a bevy of syndicated hour-long action series is filling the need--Baywatch without the plot. The best among them is Pamela Anderson Lee's V.I.P. And with that show's ratings success last season and the continued popularity of the trend-setting Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated television has created five more female action shows, many of which involve very little action but a whole lot of show...