Word: broadness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Olson's opponents-Wayne F. Dennison, Patrick S. Normoyle, Helen Elaine Strauss and Robert G. Vasquez-each built broad platforms of their own, promising to improve the school's computer services, financial aid, academic curriculum and sense of community among students...
...attempts at easy explanation. He routinely follows up a mainstream Hollywood star turn (like 1993's Dave) with an eccentric role in a smaller film (like last year's Fierce Creatures). He switches--almost as though compelled to do so--from dark dramas like The Ice Storm to broad comedy like In & Out, movies he made back to back. He can play the fool or the hero, but typically prefers to morph them into something new. In an industry in which casting generally reflects a movie star's ability to sell tickets, Kline is that rare exception--an actor whose...
...Philly Whiz Kid in the 1950s, Ashburn was a sight in the outfield--a blond streak of pure energy. He won two batting titles, tied a major league record in putouts and later, as a Philadelphia commentator, set another in putdowns as he groused at umpires in his broad Nebraska twang...
...interest of making a comedy with broad appeal, "In & Out" not surprisingly goes for broad comedy almost every time-when an occasional touch of subtlety might have served just as well, if not better. Still, it succeeds in racking up laughs the old American way-from an Oscars ceremony featuring Matt Dillon as the amusingly air-headed movie star (apparently more a parody of Brad Pitt than of Tom Hanks) and a bad Mel Brooks-style spoof of the kind of inflated dramas that usually reap Oscar accolades, to a wedding recalling "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (which, alas, doesn...
Briefs were recently filed in the case Piscataway Board of Education v. Taxman, a dispute over the legality of using race as a basis for employment decisions. The court has scheduled oral arguments for later in the fall. Officials worry that a broad ruling in this case could outlaw colleges' use of racial preferences to promote diversity...