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...these ideas were banal nearly 30 years ago, they seem even more so in the context of today's habitually ugly headlines. It is curious, then, why anyone would tackle a remake of the film without having come up with anything more insightful to say about the nature of evil. Nevertheless, In Cold Blood the mini-series arrives this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: NOT TRU CRIME | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...through one of these informational meetings. Some students simply ask vague questions which have been answered dozens of times before, in the firm's presentation and its literature, such as "What makes your firm different from others?" This is the ubiquitous opening question and elicits the most predictably banal response...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Job Hunting Hell | 10/30/1996 | See Source »

...takes really banal things to extreme levels and tries to inject little aspects of social theory," Caramanica says. "He's larger than life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Washington Pays Tribute to History | 10/5/1996 | See Source »

...evoked four years of promise, hope and change. I especially remember how he urged us to explore the extent of the school, to take risks and challenge our perceptions. This emphasis was memorable not because it unexpectedly illuminated my soul, but rather because it seemed somewhat banal and unnecessary. Who would not be open to newness, I wondered...

Author: By Megan L. Peimer, | Title: The Security to Explore | 9/25/1996 | See Source »

...beginning to hatch, and we all know what that means: the geese are in for some kind of trouble, father and daughter are in for some kind of bonding, and we're in for another trip down a slope--slippery with sentimental goo--that is all too familiar. And banal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: DO FLY ZONE | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

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