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There's little moral rooting interest here; the fun comes from expert actors spitting out the lurid rhythms of punk patter. You want affability fragging into menace? Tarantino can write it for you. Jackson and Fonda, especially, can deliver it with a swell sting...
They lined up outside stores all over the nation in late November for Sevens, Garth Brooks' first CD in two years. Then they took it home and heard a swell set of 14 tunes from the sweetly pudge-faced Oklahoman who has sold 62 million albums--country music's one bona fide superstar. Sevens sold about 800,000 copies the first week, and it's not just his bosses at Capitol Records who hope Brooks keeps moving the product. Country needs a hit. Country needs...something. Like a lonesome cowpoke in some nasal old lament, it feels the redneck blues...
According to a study published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), hires of recent college graduates will swell by nearly 20 percent next year, with increases in starting salaries projected across the board...
...Economists had been predicting a somewhat smaller gap of around $10.2 billion. The deficit hike could help prevent the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates soon, reducing the threat to stocks. But what's good for the market is not necessarily good for the nation: the trade deficit could swell further as America becomes glutted with Asian imports made even cheaper by devalued overseas currencies...
...with the famous, Another City, Not My Own might appear to be an exercise in name dropping, but let's be honest: there is something fascinating about hearing Elizabeth Taylor discuss Dennis Fung. What saves Dunne from seeming like an unbearable show-off is his good-spiritedness about his swell life--he makes it clear he is having a great time. Asked if he is feeding the maw of celebrity culture, he says, "I can only tell you this is an accurate portrayal of my life for that year...