Word: stunting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more money, he says, than it would be worth--to create a fully realized, ready-for-its-close-up human from digital scratch. But that day is surely coming. Computer graphics--CG, in industry shorthand--have already been used to create loosely rendered virtual stunt people suitable for brief action sequences. The buzz has it that James Cameron's forthcoming Titanic will represent a leap forward with its use of CG extras, detailed down to the misty breath they exhale in the cold night air, although one source who has seen completed footage from the film says the overall effect...
...Whispering sweet words of "political pluralism," Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will meet Wednesday with representatives of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad to sound out their feelings on the peace process. Dealing with the devil, shrieks the Israeli government. Public relations stunt, clamor Palestinian militants. Watch for the belabored Arafat to be stretched like a rubber band on this...
Sadly, the pulverizing novelty of sexual danger was quickly domesticated, as the star jumped into mainstream show business. Within a year of his flash flame, he had segued from being Elvis to doing Elvis, playing him on TV and in movies. By the '60s, he was his own parody, stunt double, postage stamp--the first Elvis impersonator. In the new era of the singer-songwriter, hack tunesmiths were still handing him drab variations on Don't Be Cruel. The Beatles left him for dead; and his darling, deviant version of Blowin' in the Wind (from a Graceland basement tape) shows...
According to Abrahams, the founders of HMO Black are all AIR affiliates but the concerns motivating the stunt run deeper...
...bold move drew fire from the U.S. State Department and Alaskan fishermen, who claim they're not hogging the premier salmon, called sockeye, but are abiding by the fishing treaty by going after the more common and less valuable pink salmon. Local businesses weren't too happy with the stunt, either. They claim it will keep vacationers from the area, resulting in a loss of millions of dollars annually. But the fishermen continue to stand firm, claiming that shady U.S. fishing practices could hurt everyone if they continue. "It's fish piracy on the high seas," said Bob Rezansoff, president...