Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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TIME: How did you all seek to counter...
...attended by cabinet officials and minimum wage workers, is part of an elaborately scripted legislative run-up to the Democratic National Convention. Later this week, the President will sign a welfare overhaul bill and a measure that enhances health care coverage for working Americans. How will the Dole camp counter? "Dole will do two things," predicts TIME's John Dickerson. "Dole's campaign can say that any reform bills Clinton signs were originally produced by a Republican Congress with Dole at its head. Further, the GOP candidate will focus on his message of tax cuts. As long as the Republican...
...fire, or snacking on trail mix. Liquid-fuel stoves with electronic ignitions have made matches passe; contraptions like the Camp Kitchen from Coleman, the Kansas-based gear purveyor, allow any hiker to play Martha Stewart. The portable kitchen weighs only 35 lbs. and yet contains 6 ft. of counter space, a sink, stove space, storage shelves, a paper-towel rack, a set of backgammon and a set of checkers. It all fits in a suitcase-size carrier. At $199 the movable diner is one of the company's best sellers...
...Manny" and "Lo," survive through shoplifting, house-breaking-and-sleeping-in, and the liberal use of their deceased mother's station wagon. When Lo gets undeniably pregnant, the spunky pair adds a bigger crime to their misdemeanors and kidnap a staid ex-nurse (Mary Kay Place) incongruously behind the counter at one of those sickeningly precious baby supplies stores. They then hole up at an abandoned country house. Barring some frenzied running around at the end, most of the film takes place there amidst woodsy surroundings (where, inexplicably, a seemingly tropical lizard lives...
What happens between best friends when one decides to marry? How about when one falls in love with the guy behind the video store counter? In "Walking and Talking," writer-director Nicole Holofcener explores with intelligence and refreshing humor the challenges faced by two best friends on the cusp of settling into careers and set lifestyles. With honest, intimate performances and a fine supporting cast, the film simply clicks, without becoming sentimental or trite...