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...insult to those of us who have forced over $80,000 for the honor of the Veritas stamp was compounded by the fact that Dr. Mack's particular appearance was calculated to give a veneer of respectability to tales of alien abduction. Alien abduction, the one canard of vacuous day-time info-tainment that not even its trailer-park-bound viewership beats with a straight face...
While Adams gained a thin veneer of respectability from his participation in electoral politics, he and his followers command attention mainly because of their links to the I.R.A. Yet Adams firmly denies being a member. "It's illegal," he says. "I could get 10 years. But I am at pains not to distance myself from them. Even if I did, no one will believe me, and besides, I accept that I have a responsibility to the same constituency." Catholics in Belfast stick together for protection and support; Adams was formed by the ethos of a community under siege. At least...
What's next on the grownup's drawing board? Gale admits an aversion to ornamental trimmings like chrome, opera windows, whitewalls and wire wheel covers. "Personally," he says,"I'd nuke veneer interiors." But he confesses to finding some new inspiration in the pure American classics like the Cadillac touring cars of the 1930s. "I don't want my drivers to be thought of as flashy, opulent and dumb," he says, "but smart, bright and responsible." What kind of a look might that be? "What else?" says Gale, maybe seriously, and smiles. "Maybe cab-backward...
...still remember the steroid scandal of the football team's recent past. Maine's entire athletic program stands at a crossroads, as whispered questions of integrity mount into agonized groans of recognition--quite a come-down from last year's veneer of impenetrability surrounding college hockey's national champions...
...wonderful. Granted, it would be hard to overcome the handicap of their particular roles, bland characters who speak tritely at best. Yet John's sullen sneer is so completely out of place, and Mina's cooing sweetness rings false. Ferrell. only comes to life when she sheds the veneer of pure innocent for that of vampire seductress...