Word: alienated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Aware that too much had already been said about "the capital of the future tense," Iyer avoided the Tokyo scene. Instead he chose to spend four seasons in and around a Kyoto temple, seeking enlightenment in a place where "the social forms were as unfathomable to me, and as alien, as the woods around Walden Pond...
...various groups, are questionable. Burly should be used with care, since it is "too often associated with large black men, implying ignorance and considered offensive in this context." Articulate could be deemed offensive "when referring to a minority . . . and his or her ability to handle the English language." Illegal alien is unkind, especially to Mexican Americans; "the preferred term is undocumented worker or undocumented resident...
Sigourney Weaver Alien...
...Alien III $4 million...
...that as it may, the movie, which Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) eventually decided to direct himself, starts out in a low, ingratiating gear. It looks like a "buddy romp," as Geena Davis, who plays Thelma, puts it. Thelma is married to a carpet salesman named Darryl, who represents everything stupid and stupefying about traditional masculinity, keeping Thelma in a state of near childish dependency. Her best pal, Louise (Susan Sarandon), lives with an oft traveling musician named Jimmy, who is nice enough but suffers from the other great modern male defect -- a maddening inability to make permanent commitments. Both women...