Word: bolting
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...approach yields mixed results. His interviews are revealing, but the portraits of Sesame Street's creators can be hagiographic and the language breathless: at one point, he describes the observation that television could be harnessed for educational purposes as a "flash of brilliance that struck like a bolt from the gods." Still, some things are worth gushing over. And this meticulous story of a program that TIME anointed in 1970 as "not only the best children's show in TV history [but also] one of the best parents' shows [ever]" is well deserved...
...billion in October and $47 billion September, according AMG Data Services - actually know something? If history is any guide, the answer is no. "Investors are uncanny at how they're timing is exactly wrong whenever they make large net redemptions from mutual funds," says Marvin Bolt, president of the investment advisory firm Alpha Plus Advisors, who took a look at the trend in a November white paper. "If you have sustained outflows then it's a pretty good indicator that [the market] will be higher a year from now." Yet even that trusty indicator can't tell you the precise...
...universal concord. "The strongest weapon is a smile and the best power is love" is typical of the beatific remarks he ventures to anyone within earshot. The conventional explanation for this is that after a horrific near-drowning in the 2004 Asian tsunami, Li experienced a Siddhartha-style bolt of enlightenment and decided to abandon Hollywood venality for a life of good works. It makes great press, and Li does nothing to correct this idea, but the truth, naturally, is more complex. He was walking on a beach in the Maldives with his two small daughters and maid when...
...satisfaction of another sort to have movies that appeal to the deepest, dreamiest parts of a tyro moviegoer's soul. In the pre-Thanksgiving lull, parents can take their young'uns to Bolt, drop their 10-to-14-year-olds off at Twilight, and the whole family will have survived the weekend. All it takes is a handsome vampire's bite and a cute dog's bark...
...enough? Admittedly, “Bolt” is no “Finding Nemo,” but its bevy of quirky characters, endearing sense of humor and one awesome hamster are enough to make it worthwhile—if only for the kid in you. Bolt (John Travolta) is an American white shepherd whose owner is a teen celebrity named Penny (Miley Cyrus). Together they star in a TV show where Bolt uses his many superpowers to protect Penny while she rescues her dad from the evil Dr. Calico and his cat minions. The catch?...