Word: clockworks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...clear voice. The concert was not just a performance but also a journey into Williams' musical roots. The night began with series of her more packaged songs, during which Williams herself appeared disenchanted. As she moved away from the pop and plunged into bluegrass and blues, the crowd, like clockwork, was set electric. By the end of the night, she had set the stage on fire, two times over...
Princeton's offense worked its way down thefield in clockwork fashion in the first quarter totake a 10-0 lead. Junior Mike Giampaolo's firstpunt went for 33 yards and was returned for 10yards by Ray Canole. Princeton ran the ball fivetimes and got to the Harvard 25-yard line, thenSierk drilled a 42-yard field goal 6:06 into thegame...
Every fall, like clockwork, Linda Krentz of Beaverton, Ore., felt her brain go on strike. "I just couldn't get going in the morning," she says. "I'd get depressed and gain 10 lbs. every winter and lose them again in the spring." Then she read about seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that occurs in autumn and winter, and she saw the light--literally. Every morning now she turns on a specially constructed light box for half an hour and sits in front of it to trick her brain into thinking it's still enjoying those long summer...
Though college may have a semblance of independence, our lives are run like clockwork by our dining halls, our classes, our extracurriculars. Stranded on our own in the big bad world, little daily routines, such as meals, suddenly take planning. Swiping cards is worthless in the third world country of your choice (though occasionally Visa may be a lifesaver), and you have to remember to buy groceries or go out to eat. Depend on yourself. No momma, no daddy, no big brother Harvard to steam your vegetables...
...slacker appeal (all the well-behaved kids with good grades have been lobotomized on the say-so of their evil parents), and Holmes looks terrif as a Draculette punkster (nose ring, bicep tattoo, a swath of bare midriff). But the film goes haywire with torture scenes reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange. Which makes this a clockwork lemon. Halloween: H20, directed by Dawson's Creek's Steve Miner from a story idea by Williamson, sends Jamie Lee Curtis once more against her masked nemesis, in a retread of John Carpenter's 1978 classic. You loved the original; why not just rent...