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Seedy Cineasts. Occasionally Disch eschews eeriness and plays it straight-with a twist. The Joycelin Schranger Story is both a witty send-up of seedy Manhattan cineasts and the disconcerting tale of a projectionist trapped in a laughably bad movie. Getting Into Death, the collection's longest and best story, follows a writer through the last weeks of her fatal illness. On paper she is two writers: Cassandra Knye, a successful purveyor of gothic romances, and B.C. Millar, author of esoteric murder mysteries. Chain-smoking cigarettes and wisecracking with a stream of hospital visitors, she searches stoically among...
...were still lurking. While his finger slowly circled the rim of a wineglass, Nixon told his aides: "One day we'll get them-we'll get them on the ground where we want them. And we'll stick our heels in, step on them hard and twist." His eyes darted to Kissinger. "Henry knows what I mean-just like you do in the negotiations, Henry-get them on the floor and step on them, crush them, show no mercy...
...court denied her adoptive parents' petition for the right to cut off the respirator that keeps Karen alive. Last week the Quinlans filed their first written arguments in what will probably be a long appeals process. Even as they were doing so, the case took a bizarre twist. New Jersey officials summoned William Dixon Zywot, 22, a companion of Karen's in the months before she became comatose, to appear before a grand jury. They wanted to question him about an egg-sized bump on the head, as well as a series of bruises on her body, that...
...poll of North Florida high schools revealed 984 of the 1,000 unmarried girls sampled had become pregnant listening to pop songs -during fornication, of course. Next month he plans to take his protest to Pansey, Ala. Actually, he might just as well burn the air waves. Just a twist of the AM dial demonstrates how far things have gone. On the average, 15% of air time is devoted to songs like Do It Any Way You Wanna, Let's Do It Again, That's the Way I Like It and I Want'a Do Something Freaky...
...Lyndon's digs, spaciousness and richness. At Corsham Court, he was told that if he did not kill his lights within 30 minutes, irreparable harm would be done to the priceless paintings in the room where he was shooting. Similar incidents sent the budget soaring, giving an extra twist to the pressures Kubrick felt. Nerves produced a rash on his hands that did not disappear until the film was wrapped, and though he had quit smoking, he started cadging cigarettes...