Word: contentous
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...adapter of a famous work need not choose between fidelity and poetry; the King James version of the Bible had both. But Columbus is content to make a student's copy of the original master portrait. This movie about You-Know-Who is missing a sprinkle of you-know-what: what one dared to expect in a wizard's tale. This is a magic act performed by a Muggle...
...International) Noise Conspiracy is a Swedish punk-rock band with a definite mission. The band is philosophically autonomist Marxist—each of their songs is revolutionary in nature and political in content and quote authors such as Noam Chomsky, Samuel Beckett, George Orwell and, of course, Karl Marx. The album insert includes an essay entitled “The Global Fear Factory,” an earnest and slightly naïve piece about how capitalism breeds “subtle and diffuse low-level fear” and how resistance movements are springing...
...them, an inflated condom made its way toward the door. Two girls crouched against the wall of the small room and strained to hear their cell phones. And right in the center of the floor, twelve stiff-haired young men were braced to mosh to their hearts’ content, as soon as they played, like, that song. You know, the hard one…not the down-tempo crap...
...keeps people coming back for more, that makes seemingly rational people descend in hordes upon bookstores at midnight just to get the latest book at literally the minute it is released. As strong as the desire to be able to participate in water cooler Harry Potter talk is, the content of the books is their biggest appeal; it retains readers and leaves them eagerly anticipating the next book. Once you read the first one, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, you are hooked, and as more and more people have found themselves under the spell...
...part of the series’ popularity stems from their ability to appeal to such a wide spectrum of people. These are books that parents can read with their children and actually enjoy in the process. Though the reading level is suitable for children as young as 10, the content appeals to everyone; the books can be interpreted on different levels, and there is something for everyone in the audience. It is rare to find books filled with whimsical, childlike fantasies that adults are not ashamed to say they enjoy as much as their sons and daughters. Another bonus...