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Early in Boogie Nights, a new film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) says, "Everyone in this world has one special thing." In the typical coming-of-age story, the young upstart's "special thing" might be his mind, his ambition or his artistic ability. Eddie has none of these qualities: his "special thing" is his 18-inch penis. It is on this broomstick that Eddie rides to the top of the pornographic film industry. Along with Eddie, we enter the disco '70s at their quirkiest...
Just when the British Telecom merger with MCI seemed like a done deal, up steps an American firm to throw a spanner in the works. WorldCom, the U.S. telecommunications upstart that bought CompuServe a couple of weeks ago and snapped up Brooks Fiber, a local telephone company Tuesday, decided Wednesday to have MCI for dessert. Money Daily reports that WorldCom will offer $30 billion in stock for the long-distance carrier, trumping BT's offer by about $12 billion. But it seems everyone was a winner as BT, MCI and WorldCom stock all soared on the London markets...
This may be one of the most balanced Ivy League seasons in years. With upstart Penn looking to play David to Harvard's Goliath, Saturday's matchup should presage things to come in the Ivy League soccer season...
...Dirty Shirt has a cool, clomping beat and playful but passionate vocals; and Stand by Me, with its big, sweet guitar licks and hand-clapping chorus, has pop appeal. So far, though, Oasis hasn't come close to creating a body of work that will make the young, hot, upstart rock bands of the future want to borrow from it. But the band is still a fairly new one. And there's a long and winding road ahead...
...Viktor Ilyukhin, chair of the Duma security committee, "in fact as a means to control the people." The law has human rights activists squealing, not to mention Pope John Paul II, who called personally on Yeltsin earlier this week to reject a law that is aimed squarely at his upstart Russian flock. Even Congress has gotten serious, passing legislation Thursday that would withhold $200 million in U.S. aid if the bill is signed into law. But that $200 million carrot may have precisely the opposite effect. Yeltsin endures constant carping that he is too often the marionette of cash-rich...