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...half concerns the coming of coal mining and company towns, the rise and decline of the union movement, the exhaustion of the old industrial base and the redemptive efforts of the environmental movement -- all outside forces that the locals are helpless to resist. The rhetoric begins with assertions of rampant individual freedom and evolves into a more mature recognition of individual responsibility...
...Natalie (JoBeth Williams), is a movie critic who raises money to make a film about homeless women. Another, Maggie (Talia Shire), is a nun who faces a spiritual crisis after she helps a woman get an abortion. There are lesbian revelations, a discussion of the Anita Hill hearings and rampant man bashing. Rheza (Lindsay Crouse) has been dumped by her husband and bears a grudge. Hannah (Helen Slater) is married to Natalie's ex-husband, and the two compare notes about the stinker. "If you can love him, love him," says the ex. "But don't lose...
...aiding the Refuge campaign in their hometowns, as Terry and other leaders jet from city to city, exhorting the troops. "We must strive to build a Christian democratic republic that is founded on the Ten Commandments," he says in a preview. "The only alternative is a pagan nation with rampant murder, rape, drug abuse, gang warfare, etcetera...
What do you do when your banking system is overwhelmed by capitalist symptoms like cash shortages, a depreciating currency and rampant credit expansion? You blame your top banker. The designated scapegoat is Li Guixian, governor of the People's Bank of China. He will be replaced -- temporarily -- by Vice Premier Zhu Rongji, the man in charge of China's economy...
...three different occasions, Harvard Real Estate discreetly removed asbestos from the building. But whether it's all been removed is unclear, and the building's long term residents--the police--are a bit worried. Two longtime employees in the small department have contracted cancer this year, and speculation is rampant about whether the building is the cause...