Word: virgin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jamie Lee Curtis gets into the worst scrapes. Tracked and trapped by homicidal maniacs in Halloween and Prom Night, deposited by leprous spooks into The Fog bank, and now manhandled by a psycho transsexual on a Terror Train, Curtis is the new virgin queen of shivers. No-nonsense intelligence shines through her friendly, angular, leonine face (a gift from her mother, Janet Leigh, who pioneered the modern horror trend 20 years ago by taking a bloodbath in Psycho). Thus when she flees into a dark closet or abandoned sleeping car-where, of course, the evil one waits, knife...
...Coast Guard to increase efforts "to improve fire safety on foreign cruise ships embarking American citizens at U.S. ports." The report was prepared as the result of a fire last year that destroyed the Italian ship Angelina Laura while it was docked at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. But some experts are calling for more decisive action. Said a U.S. maritime safety expert: "Somebody ought to force these foreign flag ships to meet at least the minimal fire safety standards of the U.S. The loophole that exempts them could cost hundreds of lives. -By James Kelly. Reported...
Boyds and Virgin, Dir. Julian Temple
...Pere Ubu, the Shoes, the Romantics and 20/20 all parlayed self-financed and independently distributed singles or albums into major label deals. Several majors have attempted to keep abreast of the times by striking up distribution deals with leading British independents--Polydor with Radar, CBS with Stiff, Atlantic with Virgin and A&M with the recently formed International Record Syndicate...
Currently, Jem operates with a staff of 60 employees and approximately 50,000 feet of warehouse space in the States in addition to a small London office. The company now has two labels of its own (PVC and Visa) and handles those Stiff, Radar and Virgin artists not picked up by a major label...