Word: absented
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...even the moguls realize that women's pictures often have a gentility, an expanse of emotion, absent from True Lies or The Mask. And, hell, somebody's got to fill those five slots for the Best Actress Oscar nominations. So come December, when the Oscar-qualification deadline looms, the women's club is allowed in. This month will see movies starring such divas as Susan Sarandon % (in two films), Jessica Tandy (two), Geena Davis, Sigourney Weaver, Anjelica Huston, Winona Ryder and Jennifer Jason Leigh...
During conversations at the end of the day, Rudenstine will rise, slightly stooped because of the ache in his back, and wander around his spacious Massachusetts Hall office, absent-mindedly searching for his glasses...
...Professor Leonard) Jeffries lecture" in the spring of 1992, and perhaps the staff hopes that by praising the BSA's "Very important role...in the Harvard community" its revisionist attempt to recast itself as the protecting friend of the BSA will go unnoticed and unchallenged by those who were absent during its major conflict with the Black community...
...style works nicely in Red. Visually and emotionally, this is the director's warmest film. At moments it glows, like the jacket of Valentine's absent lover; the garment's color is reflected in the young woman's face, suffusing her with long-distance affection. And as the friendship between her and the judge ripens into respect and something like love, the emotional crisis in the old man's life is replayed and miraculously resolved (we won't say how). Finally, the filmmakers concoct another miracle to unite the main characters from the trilogy's three episodes. That...
...Murphy Absent...