Word: wave
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...pursuit of true-crime movies of the week. ABC, which drew fire for its two-parter in May about 1950s mass murderer Charles Starkweather, has turned down a proposed TV movie about 1960s mass murderer Richard Speck. Critics may cheer at the demise of this tawdry TV-movie crime wave, but good films may get hurt in the process. ABC had planned to air the explosively violent (and Oscar-winning) film Goodfellas this season, complete with an introduction by director Martin Scorsese in which he asserts the film is not a glorification of violence. In the current climate, the network...
Because of the novel's subject matter, it will inevitably be compared to Nabokov's Lolita (which Filipacchi has said that she has never read) and will fare badly. The wave of publicity, some of which borders on adulatory, which has accompanied the release of this novel reflects the increasing focus on form over content. Toss this on the bonfire of the inanities...
...long as the heat wave...
...time, some of the factors that help shape it may be man-made. Experts say it may be decades before we are certain what effect the buildup of greenhouse gases or the depletion of the ozone layer has had on the global climate. Last week's flooding and heat wave served as a warning that if we wait for the weathermen to tell us what's wrong with the weather, it may be too late to do anything about...
While many start-ups are expected to master the lessons of survival, most will not. Last month, for instance, upstarts Skybus of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Key Airlines of Atlanta went under. Yet despite the failures, the wave of new carriers represents a healthy sign of life for the troubled industry and a renewed promise of lower fares and more choices for consumers. And who can argue with that...