Scandal: Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. With John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen. Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.
Monday 22 April:Edwards resigns from the BBC"on medical advice". A BBC spokesperson says: "Huw Edwards has today resigned and left the BBC. After 40 years of service, Huw has explained that his decision was made on the basis of medical advice from his doctors. "The BBC has accep...
A thoroughly entertaining film, and perhaps if its director hadn't expressed his reservations it would have a better reputation today. In my opinion, it's really stronger and more of a "Lubitsch picture" than most any of the (in my heretical opinion) somewhat overrated Ernst's later ...
But the concentration was extremely high in today's terms - one dose of Primodos equates to 40 oral contraceptive pills. It was taken off the market in 1978 amid concerns about the effect on the unborn child of those who were pregnant, but the link has never been formally recognised by ...
i met a chain-smoking dane who told me that the blockchain was going to transform the lives of the poor by giving them titles to their land. today, he explained, if you’re a peasant in africa, the sheriff can come whenever he wants and claim your property. but imagine that you have...
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First Comes Scandalreceived a starred review fromLibrary Journal, which declared: "Nicholas and Georgie will be a hit with longtime readers and newcomers alike." Three weeks on theUSA TodayBestseller list, peaking at #8. Three weeks on thePublishers WeeklyMass Market Bestseller list, plus a love...
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Greaseused figuratively means ‘to facilitate or smooth the way.’ In the case of bribery, one smooths the way by placing money in someone else’s hands. A variant of the full expression is the truncatedgrease. Current since the turn of the century is another variantoil[someone’s]palm. ...
“We made really good progress today. We’re moving forward on big issues.” — Sen. JAMES LANKFORD (R-Okla.) said “we’ve got a long way to go,” but added that the White House was actually putting proposals on paper, a good sign following GOP complaints that they hadn’t ...