Word: sturmings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Into the current Sturm und Drang comes the Bertelsmann deal. "The decision of what is on the shelves is in the hands of a few," laments Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild. "This is consolidation in a major and disturbing way." Industry alarmists are concerned that advances are sure to dwindle when BDD and Random House are no longer competing for books. Bertelsmann disagrees. "I've heard much concern about advances in the past six years," says new Random House head Olson, "and they have only moved in one direction." North. Facing his critics, he says...
...vocabulary? Can today's moviegoers be--not shocked, we're too savvy and jaded for that--titillated by the spectacle of wicked creatures taking vengeful pleasures? If so, Wild Things may find an audience beyond the one lining up to see Neve Campbell translate her small-screen Sturm und Angst into surly beatnik chic...
...petty, malicious gossip. President Clinton has been a compassionate and effective leader. Return Starr to earning an honest living. Let Paula Jones gossip with her neighbors over the back fence. Encourage the Christian right to study the New Testament, not just the Old. WERNER C. STURM Scotch Plains...
...discussions. The N.A.A. does not advocate the development of a rating system that would allow any arbitrary body to decide whether a news Website should be rated or labeled. Such a system amounts to a form of censorship, which cannot be supported by the newspaper industry. JOHN F. STURM, President and CEO Newspaper Association of America Vienna...
...midst of all this sturm und drang, something important has been almost ignored. Last fall the CIA and Justice Department promised they would investigate the alleged links between coke smugglers and the CIA. More than six months have passed, and so far neither agency has delivered its report to Congress. That is a more urgent issue than the missteps of the Mercury News...