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...council has an opportunity to get a fresh start. If it can prove its effectiveness quickly, it might break the vicious cycle of apathy and ineffectiveness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Do the Right Thing | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...hard to tell apart. One is Shohei Imamura's stark meditation on Hiroshima 1945. The other is a cop movie backed by some heavy Hollywood artillery: the producers of Fatal Attraction. Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia are two New York City detectives on the trail of a cool, vicious Japanese gangster (Yusaku Matsuda). Their contact in the Osaka constabulary is a by- the-book gent (Ken Takakura) affronted by Douglas' bullying. You've seen this picture before; last year it was called Red Heat. "Theft is theft -- there is no gray area," Takakura observes, and Douglas ripostes, "New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bakelite In Heat | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

Says Associate Professor of Psychology Penelope J. Davis, who teaches a psychology class entitled "Eating Disorders," "Bulimia becomes a vicious cycle so it gets out of control almost once it's started...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: Living in a Vicious Cycle of Guilt and Shame | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

Campeau has created a vicious cycle in his stores. After losing a combined total of $306 million during the first half of 1989, Allied and Federated face a cash crunch just when they must stock up for the holiday shopping season. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made public last week, Allied said its "needs are far greater than its resources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Shrinks Back | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...Personal Fouls: The Broken Promises and Shattered Dreams of Big Money Basketball at Jim Valvano's North Carolina State, Peter Golenbock makes a forceful case for the latter, the portrait of a venal, vicious and vainglorious Coach...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Scandals Off the Court With Jim Valvano's N.C. State | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

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