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Switch to the hero, Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan), who has just found a human ear in a field. He takes it to the Lumberton police and carries out a personal investigation that leads him to Sandy Williams, the chief's daughter (Laura Dern), Dorothy Vallens, a masochistic torch singer (Isabella Rossellini) and Frank Booth, a perverted drug dealer (Dennis Hopper). Jeffrey discovers that Vallens' son and husband have been kidnapped by Booth, and his effort to intervene opens realms of violence and sexuality he never knew possible...
...engraving of one of his own Greek vases and Mr. John Taylor holds up a lady's garter. Peering into this lost world--reprehensible, no doubt, for its elitism, sexism, amateurism and other social vices, yet not without its allure--one realizes what Sir Sploshua's friend Sir George Beaumont meant when he swept aside the doubts of an uncertain client: "No matter, take the chance; even a faded picture from Reynolds will be the finest thing you can have...
Contract's drivers are on the road about 80 hours a week, mostly hauling spare auto parts and other freight for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. The new drivers are needed because the company, which already has 1,200 trailers based at eight terminals from Detroit to Beaumont, Texas, is planning to expand to Atlanta and New York City. Anyone in good health is welcome to apply, but farmers will be given preference. "They've got a good work ethic," explains Lacy. "Our people work long hours. This just isn't for everybody...
...that barrio crime rates at worst are no higher than in poor black and white areas. Illegal immigrants in particular seem to be less the perpetrators than the victims of crimes, which they often are reluctant to report for fear of being deported. Says Police Chief John Swan of Beaumont, Texas, with no conscious irony: "Our experience is that illegals are very law-abiding members of our community...
...effects of the closings have been felt most acutely in the Texas Golden Triangle near Beaumont at the heart of the Gulf Coast refining and petrochemical industry. Since 1981 the area has suffered a 30% decrease in its oil-refinery work force--a loss of 4,000 jobs. Employment in the region's petrochemical industry is down 16%, or 1,749 workers. Offshore-services employment is off 69%--2,124 jobs. Says Debbie Brown, executive director of Orange Christian Services, a Gulf Coast community-support organization: "About two years ago, we saw 40 to 50 families a month in need...