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...afraid the true reason is that a great many writers lack noble virtue. Their mode of warfare is the sneak attack; their shots are cowardly and cheap. A few years ago, a writer of movie scripts sucker-punched a journalist while he was sitting at a New York City restaurant and knocked him to the floor. People were shocked that he hadn't stabbed him in the back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Writers Attack Writers | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

...come, I hope. (But it has to make you wonder, why is Ashley Judd famous? She's an awful actress)...Sharon Stone is getting butchered by the press after it was revealed that she's been bribing the Hollywood Foreign Press all these years with little gifts, designed to sucker them into giving her Golden Globe nominations. So that explains why she got nominated for The Muse and The Mighty... We'll take a two week break and come back on February 4 with a spring spectacular--interviews with Carson Daly, Julie Taymor, and, of course, the latest, greatest buzz...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In The [K]now | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

...last triumph was the sweeping, stony The English Patient-- and he treats Tom Ripley's tale like David Lean on an epic bender. The thriller story becomes woven into a gorgeous, glorious travelogue through the high points of Italian sightseeing, circa 1957. And, I'll admit, I'm a sucker for a pretty shot of Roman sunlight...

Author: By Jared S. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Doom with a View -- Sexual Confusion! Serial Muder! All in the life of The Talented Mr.Ripley | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...including taking payoffs to rank lower-tier boxers and squeezing unreasonably large sanctioning fees out of fighters. Prosecutors argue that something needs to be done to restore credibility to the sport following a run of fights demonstrating questionable judging (see: Holyfield-Lewis I) and questionable taste (Tyson and the sucker munch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice Takes a Swing at the Boxing Biz | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

...matter what, do not be shamed by a sudden decline. This is business; it happens. Stocks are not like vacuum cleaners. They have no warranty. They cannot be returned. But they can regain lost value, or at the very least be sold to the next sucker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ka-Booom! | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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