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...their position for personal benefit at the expense of the depositor," said the chairman of a state commission investigating the disaster. If the 14 do not return the money, the panel recommended court action against them. The revelations are only likely to fuel the fury of Rhode Island's put-upon depositors. A local consumer activist is calling for Sundlun's resignation if all frozen funds are not defrosted by Dec. 31, the anniversary of RISDIC's fall...
...dozen films almost nobody has seen. Her only hit was Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and that was a decade ago. Her main roles are as dimwit sluts and babes in bondage. But the daughter of actor Vic Morrow finds subtle shadings in all these parts: the put-upon homeowner in Heart of Midnight, the woozy Delta princess in Sister Sister, the victimized trollop Tra-La-La in Last Exit to Brooklyn and, triumphantly, the pathetic young prostitute in Miami Blues. A ferocious student in the Method tradition, Leigh has crammed for everything but stardom. That too will come...
According to John Natale, a member of ASPOA'ssteering committee, which is collaborating withSPOC, tenants are commonly perceived as "indigent,put-upon, defenseless, and owners are theconverse...
Watching Henry & June, though, the moviegoer wonders at the controversy. One might expect sexual fireworks aplenty in the literary love story of Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros), two residents of the sex-as-art pantheon, and their put-upon spouses (Uma Thurman and Richard E. Grant). But Kaufman is a gent who dreams, ever so fastidiously, about nymphs and satyrs. And here he cannot find the moviemaking skill to suit his fine passion. His actors look stranded; with the exception of the tremulous, bewitching De Medeiros, they indulge in huff and bluster...
Although she was once discouraged from seeking a promotion to sergeant because "we can't have female supervisors," Watson, who has two young children, is not troubled by memories of machismo. "Look where I am now!" she exulted last week. "Heck, obviously I haven't been too put-upon...