Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Phillip R., the right to purchase the farm at its appraised price after the foreclosure--even though he had the financing to do so. They also claim that Smith bulldozed the grave of Dorathy's father on the property--despite a court-ordered stay pending outcome of the class action. Smith refuses to comment on the allegation...
That is the sound of Dench understatement in action. When she appears onscreen as the regal, nay, godlike, Elizabeth--with skeletally white skin, burning eyes and all aquiver in that bejeweled and befeathered costume like some sort of monstrous dragonfly--multiplex audiences have erupted in cheers. With barely 10 minutes onscreen, she makes her terrifyingly omniscient Elizabeth pivotal to the film, with players and viewers alike perched breathlessly on her every word. Dench attributes this potency not to her own skill but to the deference the film's other characters show her. John Madden, who directed her in both...
...really generic name, and not many people know what you look like. You think any Scott Adamses are getting action based on your reputation...
...That would be so sad for me. The ultimate irony: I get famous, other people get action...
...donor herself may not even be aware that such a distinction exists. After years of expensive private schooling and math tutors and tennis camps and SAT prep courses and letters of recommendation from important family friends, she's been told that, unlike beneficiaries of affirmative action, she got into an Ivy League college on pure merit...