Word: showing
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...attitude, and in a letter to The Crimson in the fall of 1963, Binger wrote, "what is important and valuable in a sexual relationship is not merely the excitement and pleasure but also its uniqueness and meaningfulness. This will not be achieved when it is indulged in as a show of athletic prowess in the male or as reassurance for his own faltering masculinity; nor in the female as a conventional compliance with what others are doing or again to prove her own attractiveness and let her little world know...
...Communications. "The burning issue right now is how much access the Time- Warner group will give to its competition," says an executive of a rival cable company. According to a study by Michael Salinger, a professor of public policy at the Columbia University business school, system operators may indeed show bias toward their own networks over channels owned by other companies. Says he: "I found that ATC systems tend to favor HBO and Cinemax," an affiliated pay service. "Similarly, Viacom ((which also owns cable systems)) tends to favor Showtime...
...investigators gather evidence and make more arrests, Hurlbut browses through rows of Hefty Mamas, Leg Show, Bizarre Fantasies and other beckoning titles with the indifference of a hardened vice cop. "Victimless crime -- crap," he whispers. "Follow me." The white-haired Hurlbut eases his 225- lb. frame through an entrance marked PEEP SHOWS and into a darkened warren of viewing rooms. In each of the empty plywood cubicles, VCRs still hum, and the trappings of recent sexual activity abound. "The average guy has no idea what scumbags these places are," he snaps...
...whose grandfather played vaudeville in blackface and whose father produced innovative TV commercials in Chicago. "One day I met the actor who played Sky King, the aerial ace," recalls the actor. "He turned out to be short, heavyset and unconventional looking. It intrigued me, how different show business was from what people thought. And maybe that disposition gave me a reality register that has been a fixture in my life...
...maze and learning the maze so you always come out in the right place at the right time. I'm a technical actor. For me, acting is part intellectual, part mechanical. It's being in control of your mind and body at the same time. The emotions you show may be spontaneous, but the bricks have to be carefully laid to fit with the other pieces. You don't fool around with the work...