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...Terence plays The Limey, I play the Slimey," Peter Fonda chuckles. He speaks of his latest role opposite Terence Stamp in Steven Soderbergh's new film. It's true-slick and once-successful Terry Valentine dirties his hands with drug smuggling and even murder to preserve his comfortable Hollywood Hills lifestyle. On the other hand, Fonda's performance paints the villain ambiguously, making despicable Valentine likeable and ultimately pitiable...

Author: By Diane W. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peter Fonda: From Easy Rider to Slimey Music Exec | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...interestingly enough, The Limey also manages some much-needed humor. In a minor role as a streetwise thug, Nicky Katt provides most of the film's slick comic relief. And when Wilson gets his first glimpse of Valentine, crashing the producer's house party, the results are priceless...

Author: By Diane W. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soderbergh's Sweet Revenge | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

Life magazine once said of DiMaggio, "Although he learned Italian first, Joe, now 24, speaks English without an accent, and is otherwise well adapted to most U.S. mores. Instead of olive oil or smelly bear grease he keeps his hair slick with water. He never reeks of garlic and prefers chicken chow mein to spaghetti...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: END OF THE LINE | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

Playing on a very soggy and slick Ohiri Field, the Crimson (6-1-1, 3-0) not only extended its unbeaten streak to five games, but also proved what many on the team already believed, that is a team to be reckoned with...

Author: By Barat Samy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Upsets No. 9 BYU, 1-0 | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

...fragile. But around 750 miles to the south lies Prince William Sound, the site of one of the world's worst oil-spill disasters a decade ago when the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground and dumped 11 million gallons of syrupy crude, creating a 500-mi.-long oil slick. Since BP Amoco is the largest oil producer in the region, it's not surprising that environmental activists closely monitor its oil-exploration operations there. Last year Paul Wenman spent several weeks trudging around the Alaskan tundra to see just how well the firm had implemented its stated environmental and social...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Called To Account | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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