Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interspersed in the dialogue, the most acclaimed playwright and poet is known by the affectionately simple title "Will," and the bond between two beautiful lovers is yet again tragically severed. What is there not to love? Oh, and one more thing: the screenwriters took the liberty of redirecting a bit of William Shakespeare's prose to alter his sexual orientation. But in Hollywood these days, you do what you have to do to win an Oscar...
...addressed to a young man instead of the "fair-haired, wealthy young woman Viola de Lesseps" as "Shakespeare in Love" would lead one to believe. But for the sake of the movie's success--and the movie's success did depend on this fundamental alteration--the screenwriters did a bit of tinkering...
...After the quick goal we put them on their heels a bit," Allman said. "We played physically and really didn't allow their guys to cycle. It was an exciting game and a great...
...bit hard to understand why this works. Why would anyone pay for a book or a magazine just for scoops you already know about from the publicity? But people do. Partly they've been suckered by the sideshow barker's trick of implying that there's more inside when there ain't. But partly there is pleasure in holding and owning something that's making news, even if it's news you already know. And journalists love producing scoops for something like the same reason. There's a thrill in being the first to report something, even...
...relationship with Henry Kissinger is not as tantalizing as America's with Monica, but it's worth noting in light of this week's excerpt of his new book. He called me a few months ago, which was a bit unexpected since he'd quit speaking to me in 1992, when I wrote a biography of him. "Well, Walter," he said, in his distinctive rumble, "even the Thirty Years' War had to end at some point." (He did allow that his loyal wife was more partial to the Hundred Years...