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...that the nickel-size mole on her back was a potentially life-threatening melanoma. Lietz says she gets the rapt attention of young audiences when she shows them some of her 27 surgical scars, including an 8-in. track on her back. "They really do have a look of shock on their faces," she says. "I want to scare them," she adds, "because nobody else...
...Railroaded!, Burr is in a nightclub when he gets some bad news; just then, a woman happens to graze him and spill her drink. A low-angle shot shows Burr smoldering for a moment; impulsively, he picks up a flamb? dish and throws it at her. She screams in shock and agony. As a sudden spasm of scalding viciousness, this scene is up there with the hot-coffee clash in The Big Heat...
...Yorkers, and the need to find something similar in London. A few delightful moments of Woody Allen 101 ensue, as when he explains to a British Lady, “I was born into the Hebrew faith, but I converted to narcissism.” As unexpected culture shock sets in, Allen betrays an apprehension about being culturally accepted by Londoners that never seemed to surface in “Match Point...
...come as that great a shock to learn that lawmakers - and judges - with daughters take essentially pro-women positions, especially on moral issues like reproduction, which tend to elicit votes from the heart rather than from a standard political playbook. Still, the clarity and consistency of the results are startling. But the real question is: are they also troubling...
Saeed was not as displeased by Andrea's progress. Shock treatments were usually temporary fixes for severely ill patients, he told Rusty. He still did not want to go back to prescribing Haldol. "It's a bad medicine," he said. He thought about putting her on lithium, typically used to treat bipolar patients with mood swings. Andrea's mood had been flat but steady until the past week, Rusty told him. Asked if she were suicidal, Andrea murmured "No" to Saeed. He did not ask if she thought of hurting others. Again Saeed adjusted her dose of antidepressants...