Word: cut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quickly became clear that certain elements typical of Disney-style animated films would be out of place. A talking camel was cut. Comics Steve Martin and Martin Short, cast as charlatan priests, were directed to turn in subdued performances. Lucrative tie-ins were another sensitive issue. Katzenberg says, semiseriously, "We came up with the Red Sea boogie board. We had the 40-years-in-the-desert water bottle. We had the parting-of-the-Red-Sea shower curtain." But ultimately, both DreamWorks and its partner Burger King concluded that they would be doing themselves "a terrible disservice" if they pushed...
...life, which needs protectors. Nearly 60% of the world's tropical rain forests have been lost, and what remains is under extreme pressure from logging and human population growth. More than 90% of the forests in the U.S. have been logged at least once. And once a forest is cut down, many of the living things it has harbored will be driven into extinction...
...soon discover how awkward I am on this kind of walk: if Mittermeier is Tarzan, me Jane's grandmother. I stumble frequently and cut my hand on a rock, but eventually I turn clumsiness to my advantage by forcing everyone to slow down. I am seeing the jungle for the first time. Here alone are 300 species of trees. They are at once the pillars and the superintendents of the rain forest, the frame of the house and its chief occupants. The spiny understory palm trees make baskets from branches growing out of their trunks, which become compost machines...
...warn me to stay clear of the rocks where electric eels play, but he neglects to mention that piranhas are sharing the water with us. When this finally occurs to him, he adds, "Not to worry. Piranhas only go after open wounds." I hold up my hand with the cut on it. "Oh, yeah," he says...
...must recover from Tuesday's hard-fought 68-64 loss to Boston University. After falling behind at halftime by a margin of 33-23, the Crimson was forced to play catch-up for the rest of the game and eventually ran out of steam. Although they were able to cut the lead down to 52-48 late in the second half, the Terriers never let them get closer than four points...