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It was, one realized, a scene of gravity, even of mourning: Here were today's analysts, at a time when psychoanalysis seems to be sputtering to an undignified end, done in by managed health care, psychopharmacology, and the intellectual vindication of behavioral psychologists by modern trends in genetics.
The Wall Street Journal reports that according to the latest Labor Dept. figures, the economy last month suffered the biggest loss of factory jobs in 16 years, a clear sign, says the paper, that the manufacturing sector is sputtering.
For example, right now the Irish economy is booming and the German economy's sputtering.
When she fails to sell that house, she closes the shades and lets go with a naked wail--it's the sound of a vacuum crying to be filled--then furiously slaps herself while sputtering, "Shut up--you're weak--shut up.
On two occasions, the picture takes off into cinematic flights that leave The Fifth Element (which cost about 50 times as much) sputtering on the launch pad.