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...What followed this period of critical and popular acclaim, however, was a quarter century in which Southern published a scant few articles and short stories, and one eloquent, compact novel that sank without a trace. During his "boom period" his screen credits included milestones like "Strangelove" and "Easy Rider," contributions to campy time capsules ("Barbarella"), and uncredited work on high-profile projects ("The Collector," "Casino Royale"). From 1971 until his death in 1995, only one movie - a dreadful Whoopi Goldberg vehicle called "The Telephone" (1988) -- had Southern's name attached to it. He was rumored to have "lost it," alcohol...
...that a majority of students on campus drank twice a week or less, that the majority of seniors consumed four or fewer drinks at parties, and that three-quarters of the alcohol on campus was consumed by just one-third of the students. The same messages popped up as screen savers on university computers...
...among its fiercely competitive wholesale-energy traders a decade ago and has since expanded it to cover all the Houston-based company's 18,000 employees. In a typically intense session, as many as 25 managers may gather around a conference table in a windowless room with a computer screen filled with employee rankings projected on one wall. Each participant comes armed with notebooks bulging with job reviews. As the discussion proceeds, the managers may shift people from one ranking to another, deciding their fate with the click of a computer mouse...
DIED. ANTHONY QUINN, 86, vibrant, passionate force on stage and screen, remembered most for his Oscar-nominated turn as the fiery peasant in Zorba the Greek; in Boston. Quinn won two supporting Oscars (Viva Zapata! in 1952; Lust for Life in 1956) and played the sideshow strongman in Fellini's first international hit, La Strada (see Eulogy...
...take up the better part of it. But as he is pointing out various junk sculptures and random red and white objects in his house, a friend surfing the Internet calls him into a room that has become a slapdash White Stripes office to show him something on the screen: a copy of the first White Stripes single has just sold for $100 on eBay. "It was at $68 yesterday," Jack laughs, shaking his head in amazement. Soon after, the keyboardist for the Black Crowes calls about Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson's guest list for an upcoming show. "Yeah...