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...next day, I succumbed. First, my office became a microcosm of intern culture, with the three of us exchanging stories about college, moving to D.C. and future plans. Soon, we were going to lunch with some other interns across the hall. And on the way back from lunch, somehow bolstered by peer pressure, we stopped by the office of the internship director just to see where the happy hour would be that night. In a weak moment, I admitted a familiarity with the restaurants and bars in the area, and suddenly...I was named chair of the nightlife committee...
...techno beat. The innocence shines through now and again--a kitten in a drug den, even Renton's own face alone--only to be quickly undermined. There's nothing wrong with mixing scatological or whoops-I've-slept-with-a-transvestite humor with addiction drama, but "Trainspotting" somehow manages to fall into the sit-com, serious moment dead zone: "Goddamn it say something, Renton! Somebody say something...
...bogged down in peripheral issues," says Barrett. "He needs to come out with a positive message on what he wants to do. Dole has never been good at looking at the big picture, and that's hurting his campaign. Take the tobacco issue: Dole doesn't support smoking, but somehow he misspoke himself into a controversy that lasted several days." Despite Dole's recent problems, Barrett says he still has ample time to get in the saddle. The Republican convention is still weeks way, and Dole has yet to name his running mate and more clearly spell out his policies...
Like the cocky Americans it portrays, "Purple Noon," a recently re-released 1960 French thriller, succeeds because of its ability to disconcert. Disconcerting is the premise of the film itself, that French actors speaking French and dressed in French clothing can somehow seem American if given American-sounding names like "Tom," "Marg," and "Freddy." Disconcerting is Clemote's use of the Italian setting, on which noon-strength sun gnaws, leeching color from sails, crumbling villas and driving everyone pretty much mad. Most disconcerting, certainly, are the mesmerizing eyes of Alain Delon, who, as the poor but desperate Tom, is able...
...mailed Dean Lewis and let him know my e-mail and phone number, and and somehow the administration screwed up," Coffey said...