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...Chaplin to Hitchcock, "unpopular" was not a badge of pride for movies but rather a sign that they were somehow flawed. Now, of course, we have two contenders: in that corner, weighing in at $100 or $200 million, are "blockbusters" like Armageddon; and in this corner are the 98-pound weaklings of the film industry, "independent" movies like Gods and Monsters. From the former we can expect special effects, saccharine plots and Bruce Willis; while from the latter we can expect intellectual affects, subtle plots and a British actor who just finished a run in a critically acclaimed drama...

Author: By John T. Meier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HIGH ART IN `MONSTERS' | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

Clarkson will seek to add to Harvard's list of blowout defeats with a deep, fearsome attack led by fowards Eric Cole, Matt Reid, and Ben Maidment. Defensemen Philippe Roy and 6'3 215-pound Willie Mitchell provide a scoring threat from the blueline...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Struggling M. Hockey Hosts Two ECAC Foes | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...hammer... A woman who sat in front of BOB VILA on an airline flight is seeking $127,000 from the world's most famous handyman for pain and mental anguish. Carol Berger claims that Vila, host of Home Again, took a break from pounding dry wall to pound the back of her seat with his foot and fist during a flight from Denver to Eugene, Ore. She didn't mention why. Vila issued a statement calling the allegation "baseless" and says he has never met Berger. Maybe he was just annoyed that her seat and tray table were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 30, 1998 | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...legislation to phase out price supports for a cornucopia of agricultural products, raw sugar was spared. Through a combination of loan guarantees and tariffs on imported sugar, domestic farmers like the Fanjuls are shielded from real-world prices. So in the U.S., raw sugar sells for about $22 a pound, more than double the price most of the world pays. The cost to Americans: at least $1.4 billion in the form of higher prices for candy, soda and other sweet things of life. A GAO study, moreover, has estimated that nearly half the subsidy goes to large sugar producers like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: Sweet Deal | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO) can help you accept your body the way it is naturally. No more post-burrito binge guilt [vol.10,no.3] after anorexia/bulimia peer counseling in Quincy F basement, Sunday though Thursday 8-11pm. Before panicking and running to the Ganache Caf for a pound of chocolate truffles [vol.10,no.2] contact ECHO's hotline, nightly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REHAB RECOMMENDED: | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

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