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...Dick - who made the terrific (NC-17) study Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist in 1977, and earned an Oscar nomination for the predatory-priest doc Twist of Faith - asks pertinent, pointed questions about the secrecy of the process. Filmmakers are not told the identity of their judges, either on the nine-person ratings committee or on the larger appeals board. Part of the movie's fun is in Dick's hiring of a detective who tracks down the names of the members on these two star chambers. (The sleuthing is amusing but ultimately irrelevant. The raters...
...twist to this story is that, in a town ruled by lucre, this one wasn't about the money. Davis, for example, was earning $1,350 a week when she attested of her "slavery" in that 1936 British court. (The Warner counsel drawled, "If anybody wants to put me into perpetual servitude on the basis of that remuneration, I shall be prepared to consider it.") No, it was about the power that a paternalist organization wanted to keep holding over the actors it saw as its pampered children. I protect you, sustain you, give you this generous allowance...
...model is, predictably, a feat of engineering. It comes with a souped-up wireless key, which doubles as an alarm and display module. But the real breakthrough is the ride. If the first Segway felt intuitive-lean forward to go forward, lean back to stop and reverse, twist your wrist to turn-the latest models (the i2 and off-road x2) respond like they're controlled by mere thought. The secret is in its new control shaft, which has done away with the steering grip and now sways in sync with the rider to turn the device. The effect...
...support and appeal across racial lines run for those senior offices. "In terms of viable candidates, this is probably the best year," said David Bositis, who studies African-American politics at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington think tank. And in an even more surprising twist, three of them are Republicans, although only about 7% of American blacks identify with the party...
This makes Pound for Pound sound predictable and sentimental, and it's definitely not predictable. You'll draw a standing eight count (see?) after the plot twist on page 45. You'll learn why boxers grow out the nails on their thumbs and forefingers (it helps getting the tape off) and how amateur gloves differ from pro and why exactly fancy footwork matters and what vodka tastes like hot from the trunk...