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These dangerous candies are the snacks of masochists. They don't taste good. So why do they sell? because they're lusty, violent, sinister and dangerous; and six-year-olds buy them to appear lusty, violent, sinister and dangerous.

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: We're in for Some Nasty Candies | 7/28/1992 | See Source »

As he wanders over to the T-shirts, his female companion, with a sinister grin, asks loudly, "Where are the petite ones.?

Author: By Molly B. Confer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Rubber for All Reasons | 7/7/1992 | See Source »

Ever since, the term Oppo has conjured to many Democrats sinister images of muckraking and distortion. In fact, Oppo was a vital component of major local and national campaigns long before 1988. And practitioners in both major parties distinguish between "political pornography" and legitimate inquiry into public statements and actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Operation Dig | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

The films of Edward D. Wood Jr. used to be just the old kind of bad. Wood's transvestite tale Glen or Glenda (1953) made a stir with "The Strange Case of a 'Man' Who Changed His Sex!" -- though actually Glen only wanted to change his frocks. But Jail Bait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Worst Director | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

Grey calls those who treat Wood with benign contempt "jackals of bourgeois sensibility." And he's right. As critic Jim Morton notes, "If there is a 'worst film ever made,' it is one that is boring -- a sin Ed Wood Jr. is rarely guilty of." But there is a more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Worst Director | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

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