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...professional standards, the decline of civility and the thoughtlessness of youth. In what could be called a novel of bad manners, Begley again demonstrates that he can reveal the complexities of society and personality with a clear eye and graceful style. Schmidt may not live up to today's strict standards of political correctness, but he more than meets the requirements of convincing fiction...
...pleasant shock. Most Indian films are closer to the populist energy and intimate audience connection of Hong Kong films. And like John Woo's and Jackie Chan's action thrillers, Indian cinema exotically evokes the complex pleasures of Golden Age Hollywood, with its glamour and verve, its strict codes (India's censors typically allow no explicit violence, nudity or even kissing) and the cunning, seductive way it subverts these taboos...
Outside the convention hall, however, Jackson denounced the president's signature of a strict welfare reform bill. About a dozen other activist groups protested Clinton's moderate stances...
...months, Eliot Sq. Development Corp. has been pushing the commission for permission to demolish several structures in the block bounded by JFK, Mt. Auburn and Winthop Streets, but has had to meet Cambridge's strict guidelines on alterations to buildings more than 50 years old, which in this case apply to both Grendel's and Tweeter...
...Dale Ingram. The lyrics in question, from a song called "Love is a Good Thing," read: "Watch out sister, watch out brother; Watch our children as they kill each other with a gun they bought at the Wal-Mart discount stores." Wal-Mart sells guns by catalogs, but has strict policies against selling them to minors, said Ingram. The album, "Sheryl Crow," is scheduled for a September 24 release by A&M Records. Industry executives said the ban could cost Crow 400,000 sales. The album is a follow-up to her Grammy-winning debut album "Tuesday Night Music Club...