Word: reared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...treacherous women and slicing shadows, is making spectral appearances on cable TV this summer. But noir is easier to evoke than it is to revive. Fallen Angels, Showtime's series of short films, errs in thinking the genre is all venetian blinds and overhead fans. For a sharper rear view, check out The Wrong Man. Director Jim McBride (The Big Easy) and writers Roy Carlson and Michael Thoma have the inside word on noir. It isn't a look but a vision -- a bleak take on life and its evil twin, death...
...program drawing the most scrutiny is NYPD Blue; it is an admitted effort by Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, to do network TV's first R-rated series. The pilot episode contains a steamy sex scene with rear nudity, relatively rough language ("You pissy little bitch"), and some strong violence. In the face of affiliate discomfort -- roughly a third of ABC station executives polled at a recent network meeting said they might not run the show -- Bochco said he would consider making some changes: "I'm trying to be sensitive to the concerns without compromising the show...
After Radcliffe and Dartmouth, Northeastern finished third in 6:38.9, Pennsylvania fourth in 6:40.6, Rutgers fifth in 6:41.7 and Syracuse brought up the rear...
...rear-guard rebellion of resentful smokers continues. A group of entrepreneurs based in Cocoa Beach, Florida, is planning a new airline called SMOKERS EXPRESS that will allow passengers to smoke on all its flights. In fact, Smokers Express even intends to provide free cigarettes. The founders of the airline hope to get around the Federal Aviation Administration's in-flight smoking ban by making their carrier a travel club...
...Candidatus Perpetuus--This species has a chameleon-like power to blend in almost anywhere. These creatures have adapted a mandibular structure similar to that of the remora--they have lips able to get a tenacious grip on the rear-end of any authority figure in an instant. The Undergraduate Council is a favorite habitat of this species, as is any slow-moving committee with an impressive name. Members can be spotted preening resumes for days on end. After college, the Candidatus pupates for three years before emerging as a lawyer...