Word: briefed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...continue the simplistic plots, leaving little desire to empathize with them. In a movie devoted to the pain and pleasure associated with love, an emotional connection between the audience and the characters must be established and strengthened throughout the film. But the multiple jumpy, unrelated stories show only brief glimpses into the relationships, which prevents viewers from ever becoming involved in the amorous affairs...
...Like most things these days, it began innocently in an e-mail message. "Wait a second," I typed. "Who is this Ellis guy, anyway? B4 we interview him I'd like to know. =@)" Admittedly, the "B4" and "=@)" were lame and unnecessary--I was towards the end of a brief and disastrous experimental period with special e-mail shorthand and parenthetical-math sign-smiley faces. But the electronic response did not critique this visual jargon; instead, what I received was a nasty and merciless attack on my cultural skills and knowledge...
...rare, their cases raise interesting questions. Could it be that the HIV spikes function as booster shots, priming the body's immune system to rally against the virus? Already, several aids-research teams have begun systematically weaning a few patients off their cocktail therapies to see whether the brief drug holidays might somehow be stretched into a permanent vacation...
...rapping censure plan that would satisfy those in both parties who do not want Clinton's acquittal to be seen as vindication. To pick up more Republican votes, Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California huddled at her desk on the Senate floor with Republican Robert Bennett of Utah during the brief trial recesses, carefully increasing the measure's wallop...
...dreams for his sons, meets Bernard, the nerdy next-door neighbor, now grown up and about to argue a case before the Supreme Court--but possessing too much compassion for Willy to brag about it. Miller captured the essence of Willy's self-delusion and failure in a brief exchange charged with emotion, wit and character insight. Call that poetry...