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But I only need to use your examples as proof that what the Internet has wrought in an unbelievably short time has been profound--the entire computer industry (as evidenced by Michael Dell's success) has been turned on its ear, the retail industry is reeling (did you see the many news stories today about Nordstrom's striking a deal with a well-known Silicon Valley venture firm to jumpstart its Web efforts?), and traditional media companies are in full-scale alert.
Hart was already reeling from allegations of womanizing; the photo--which was exhibited often enough to be burned into our synapses--closed the case against him.
Other panelists included scripters of major screen mayhem: Steven De Souza ( Die Hard ); Callie Khouri ( Thelma and Louise ); Miguel Tejada-Flores ( Fright Night Part II ); William Mastrosimone ( Extremities ); Sy Gomberg ( When Willie Comes Marching Home ); moderator Dan Petrie Jr. ( Beverly Hills Cop ); and producer Sean Daniel ( The Mummy ). The audience was packed with worried industry insiders still reeling from President Clinton's just-announced call for a Justice Department/FTC investigation to determine if Hollywood markets violent product to children.
Smith's Diana was an ill-educated, impulsive woman who spent her adult life reeling from what Smith dubiously diagnoses as a borderline personality disorder.
Saturday my study group (go ahead, laugh) met to discuss Doug Henwood's new book Wall Street (I missed this session because I hadn't read the book) and at lunchtime they went to a demonstration in Union Square, that was supposed to be of Latino sweatshop workers, and came away reeling: maybe fifteen people, mostly ancient sectarians and a few young ones, all full of the old rhetoric (a moment of silence followed by a "moment of rage" with raised fists but some people didn't know how to do it, memories of the black athletes' stand at the Mexico City Olympics having faded).
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