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...demanding that the full text of the report be made public as soon as it arrives. For different reasons, so did Democrat John Dingell of Michigan. Like many Democrats, he may figure that the details will come out anyway, so it's better to suffer a short, sharp shock than a prolonged drip of leaks...
Remember the Raybestos Corporation that built our neighborhood baseball field out of a mix of soil and asbestos--a toxic concoction that caused cancer in many of my friends. Remember my shock when I learned years later that Raybestos had known the dangers all along yet never warned us as we were grabbing our gloves for a pick-up game. Remember the outrage which prompted me to dedicate my life to protecting working families from irresponsible institutions. Remember...
...roughly the same as announcing an intention to pay off debt with green cheese. Investors, to no one's surprise, rushed to sell out, until the limp, overloaded markets finally shut down. Russia, deprived of international capital--James Dorn of the Cato Institute calls it "financial morphine"--went into shock. Explained Steven Halliwell, a partner at River Capital Management: "As far as we can tell, Russia is in an absolute panic situation...
...thing. As the four major adult-film companies--Vivid, VCA, Wicked and the NASDAQ-traded Metro--focus on couple-friendly, cable-ready fare, tape rentals and sales are booming for gonzo films, often shot in Eastern Europe and far rawer than anything seen before. Black, who rules in the shock department, sends his mother copies of his movies with the sex scenes edited out. Even then, she says, "I have gotten after him for the things that he's done in some of these movies. I said, 'Rob, I don't want to see any more movies with pregnant women...
...that other 5% people are most curious about. Arguably the shock genre's best-known title, Psycho earned its place in pop culture for Anthony Perkins' iconic portrayal of Oedipal maniac Norman Bates as well as the art-gore montage of the winsome Janet Leigh being stabbed to death in a shower. For some, the thought of Gen X stars Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche replaying those parts seems like heresy. Not for Van Sant. "[Psycho] is perfect to refashion as a modern piece," he insists. "Reflections are a major theme in the original, with mirrors everywhere, characters who reflect...