Word: cheeked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...about these villagers: they've all seen Riverdance; Bob Avian's choreography has the heavy-footed agility of that hit Irish dance show. The choral harmonies do have a vaulting magnificence, as 30 or so voices pump out Schonberg's anthems. But director Declan Donnellan (who, for his own Cheek by Jowl troupe, staged a superb As You Like It) can't make the drama sing. Guerre is big; it should have been grand...
...movie--Arnold's leaping out of an airplane and playing "follow that parachute"--features what looks like a very shoddy mixture of blue-screen work and frenzied, bumpy camera movement. Where welldone, innovative action sequences and stories marked earlier Arnold movies, new ones mistake audacity delivered almost tongue-in-cheek for real thrills. Yes, Arnold takes on an airplane one-on-one, but the situation is too implausible even for the most believing action fans...
...says with tongue in cheek, "I did suggest there was a speed bump in front of a beer joint that might have been more appropriate...
...fight terrorists. Under the deal, the U.S. will provide Israel with equipment and technological assistance while also sharing intelligence resources and experts. It allows for the extradition of terrorists and forms a joint committee on counter-terrorism. Peace in the region will not come by "turning the other cheek," said Clinton, but by sending a forceful messages to both terrorists and those who have chosen the road to peace: "We will not let our anger turn ourselves away from peace. It is the only way to give those who have chosen peace confidence that they have made the right choice...
UNDER INVESTIGATION. MIKE TYSON, 29, boxer; for sexual assault; in Chicago. Thirteen months after serving three years for rape, Tyson was at a South Side night spot when, according to his accuser, he touched her lewdly and bit her cheek. Tyson could return to prison if he is charged...