Word: starrs
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REBECCA L. STARR...
DIED. DALE MESSICK, 98, one of the first female comic-strip artists, who in 1940 introduced readers to Brenda Starr, Reporter, an intrepid, curvy and impeccably clad journalist who talked her way into exotic assignments, dated hunks and abided no nonsense from her editor; in Sonoma County, Calif. Though criticized by some for being unrealistic ("Authenticity is something I always try to avoid," said Messick), her spy-chasing, shark-battling redhead inspired legions of young women headed for professional careers...
...pathetic attempt at porn that savvy Europeans would mock), also brought us Nipplegate at last year’s Superbowl (they’d mock that too). The same culture that prosecuted a president for his sexual affairs printed the details of those affairs in public, making Ken Starr seem as pervy as he is prudish. And the same culture that refuses to give us proper sex education or insurance to cover the Pill gives us the constant threat of an abortion ban. I think we’d prefer something in between...
...it’s really on the B-sides, away from label attention, where Morrissey steps up the traditional morbidity and gets away with murder. He bashes Ringo Starr in “It’s Hard To Walk Tall When You’re Small,” offering his most direct attack since he railed against Natalie Merchant after she covered his “Everyday Is Like Sunday.” Like he has so effortlessly throughout his career, he effectively dives into simple depths of misery on the shimmering “My Life...
Thompson’s recent research about increasing violence, sex and profanity in movies has grabbed the attention of parents and entertainment industry executives. Last week, she was honored in Palm Springs with the 2004 Society for Risk Analysis Chauncey Starr award, which is given annually to an outstanding young risk analyst...