Word: abruptness
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...realism. Like Spielberg, he was working to convey the brutality of war but, as Connor explains, “unlike in Saving Private Ryan, it was never an exercise in verisimilitude but rather an exercise in filmmaking.” A master of the overstatement, Fuller’s abrupt humor, drama, and violence serve as a means—not an end—towards presenting a more personal and truthful account of World...
Freshmen guard Lindsay Hallion saw her first collegiate season come to a rather abrupt end last week. During practice, the Westwood, Mass., native tore her ACL and will not be able to return this year...
Burr was born in Virginia, but his family moved to North Carolina when he was a boy. He attended Wake Forest University, then went to work for a wholesaler of outdoor power equipment. In 1992 he made an abrupt career switch. Alarmed, as he tells it, at high taxes, he ran for Congress--and lost. In 1994 he tried again, this time riding the Gingrich tsunami to Capitol Hill...
When it came to his closing argument, John Kerry wasn't about to trust anyone's instincts but his own. Ten days before the election, Lockhart and pollster Stan Greenberg started circulating a battle plan among Kerry's top advisers that called for an abrupt pivot in tone and message for the final stretch. He should talk more about domestic issues, the memo said, adopt a "positive and hopeful tone" and offer optimism instead of fear. "We want to elevate the choice by elevating the moment and the consequences--of four more years of Bush, with all the partiality...
...capitalize on the commercial success of Shakespeare in Love. But, in addition to the significant absence of Gwyneth Paltrow’s come-hither androgynous sultriness and sans Tom Stoppard’s once-over on the screenplay, Stage Beauty is a raucous, vulgar mess. Between two rather abrupt (and unsatisfying) oral sex scenes, cliché moments of Maria finding her on-stage presence (again with the doe eyes) and its hamfisted themes of gender identity, the filmmakers abandoned any attempt to make a coherent and entertaining film—or to give viewers a taste of the 17th century...