Word: villainizing
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...proposed tobacco settlement; although that $368.5 billion deal is nowhere near being inked, the President has already earmarked nearly a quarter of it for new spending plans. The White House has already prepared its spin on that one -- if the settlement goes up in smoke, Congress looks like the villain for snatching money out of teachers' paychecks. With a scam like that, Clinton has clearly lost none of his chutzpah...
...lobbyists arrive in Washington Wednesday to drum up support for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, they'll be walking in the shadow of the black helicopters. TIME Capitol Hill correspondent James Carney says congressional watchdogs against the "New World Order" are painting the IMF as their latest villain...
...after nuclear war vaporized society. Because he knows five or six lines of Shakespeare and can paint a passable self-portrait, he has risen to power in a world of idiots (remember, these are the same people who think Costner's mumbling Postman is brilliant). Patton is a serviceable villain, but there's nothing about his "mad cowboy" shtick that Jack Palance didn't master 40 years...
...didn't cheer Carlesimo had their pro-Spree signs confiscated by officials at the Oakland Arena last Thursday. Even some of Spree's teammates agree with the league's decision. "I hope this sets an example for young players," says center Todd Fuller. As a talk-radio villain, Spree has virtually replaced Saddam...
...scope and grandeur, Anastasia almost pulls off the impossible--upstaging Disney. Trying to emulate the grand love stories of the past, it sweeps between dazzling sequences but lacks the necessary character development to move the film beyond being merely a disjointed string of lavish set pieces. Still, though the villain element falls hopelessly flat, the love story comes to life in the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack and Angela Lansbury. The challenge to the animated empire is clear: Disney magic is no longer an exclusive product...