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...does it mean that one of the most outspoken critics of American gender stereotypes has come to embrace those stereotypes with sweet sincerity? For one thing, it means that the counter-culture shtick isn't selling anymore. We are back to the age of boy-bands, homogeneity and Gap uniform-like clothing. The hard-core rappers of the late '80s are gone--now you're more likely to hear rappers endorsing their favorite type of soft drink than saying, "Kill the pigs." The pre-teen girls that used to scream themselves hoarse at Hole concerts are now shrieking to Britney...
...National Cancer Institute contends, that creaky cigarette "smoking machine" may be responsible for the dissemination of serious consumer misinformation. Why do smokers still believe they are "healthier" when they smoke Marlboro Lights as opposed to Reds? Because the Federal Trade Commission's cigarette machine, established when everyone smoked uniform, unfiltered cigarettes, puffs away on each cigarette with unwavering strength, ignoring the variations in modern smoking behaviors. When smokers drag on so-called "light" or "low-tar" cigarettes, the study concludes, they tend to pull more deeply and more often, overcompensating for the lower levels of chemicals in the cigarette...
...There is no uniform management of security. Each department manages its own security," Steen said...
...list them all, not only to pay respect to the uniform excellence of the cast, but also to provide what are essentially the storylines of the film, since almost every scene unfolds as an extrapolation of character. Whereas previously, in Boogie Nights and the carefully-studied noir Hard Eight, Anderson relied upon plot twists and unforeseen complications to examine an unfamiliar socio-moral universe, Magnolia's characters are not gamblers or pornographers; they live in _our_ universe and don't require the same roughing up to be understood. It's obvious from the start that all of these individuals...
Third, that each of us is an opportunity. Though "individual" may be a dirty word here, as well as the words "U.S. Army," it is our names that are embroidered above the pockets of our uniform jackets. In fact, the uniforms are about the only new thing here, and they are ours to keep for life (if we reimburse the Army for them, of course) and ours to wear out all by ourselves...