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...struggling to defend his unpopular proposals, Lee enjoyed a triumphant tour of the U.S., including a symbolically important chat with President Clinton. Lee's Democrats threatened to mount protest marches on hand-over night in deliberate violation of the proposed restrictions and tie up the courts in a skein of lawsuits if Tung refuses to rewrite the offending amendments. A series of revisions announced by Tung's office in response to the outcry did little to mollify critics...
...woven of two strands, one of them boldly colored, the other rather gray and recessive. Besides Scissorhands, the first skein includes Ed Wood, Depp's serenely obsessive portrait of the grade-Z moviemaker and cross-dresser with a special affection for angora sweaters; Don Juan De Marco, where he plays a schizophrenic who escapes from dismal reality by impersonating, with sinuous delicacy, an enviably proficient Latin lover; and Benny & Joon, in which he's an illiterate and nearly speechless waif with a genius for mime. What is perhaps most striking about these characterizations is their fundamental sobriety, disciplined intensity...
...Brown's testimony was a skein of lies. There was no teenager, no exchange of cash or drugs inside the shop, no brown paper bag and no drug buy. Last March, Brown, a 13-year veteran on the force, pleaded guilty to federal charges involving 25 cases, including the illegal search of Morris' steak house. After nearly 2 1/2 years in prison, Morris was released. While he has his freedom, peace of mind is a little harder to come by. "It takes a lot away from you," says the 53-year-old father of five, now a self-employed carpenter...
...moment, that news from the future may only be Barry Diller's pipe dream. Diller, the onetime baron of Fox, last week bought into a skein of uhf TV stations to get back in the game. It is also a pipe nightmare for those who believe competition is the soul of both capitalism and pop-cultural creativity. But another deal last week brought the scenario a step toward plausibility. Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System declared they were deep in negotiations that could lead to a Time Warner purchase, led by chairman Gerald Levin, of Ted Turner's prize fleet...
...snarly a skein to unravel here. The Usual Suspects flatters you into thinking you're thinking, sorting out the dead ends and red herrings, when you are really being toyed with by an intelligence as devious as Soze's. For those who don't care whodunit, the film has superior skulking by some wonderfully actory actors and brings high-wire wit to its high-gloss gamesmanship...