Word: decentering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...with the Spielberg-produced Back to the Future Part II) and urgently needs a megahit. Hence the marketing tie-in with McDonald's, the imminent Jurassic Park ride at Universal's theme parks, and the saturation of action figures, jammies and cologne. The director did cut costs with a decent, modest cast of nonstars, and he tried shooting every dialogue scene in no more than five takes. But the expert exertions of the 483 other artists and technicians listed in the credits ensured that Jurassic Park would cost about $65 million, or $1 for every year since dinosaurs became extinct...
...created a campus where even decent people like Dean Epps are called 'insensitive...
Harvard needed a way to meet both the construction unions' desire for a good job and the University's desire for fast, quality work at a decent price for an institution also feeling the pinch of the recession...
...were pretty serious about having a decent life and existence economically and educationally. I think that we had a lot of friendships built up and a lot of people getting together," he says. "To me it will never be quite the same. In many ways it's more modern and there are nicer facilities, but I always look back with longing at that time."Courtesy Harvard ArchivesPre-Pearl Harbor: Harvard students protest outside the office of Harvard President James Bryant Conant '14 against increased U.S. involvement...
Chung's greatest virtue is her high Q rating, the annual measure of celebrities' celebrity and popularity. Her number may be skewed upward, however, by her singular recognizability: she is the only Asian-American TV star. While Chung is a decent newsreader, and CBS staff munchkins like her let's-order-a-pizza! perkiness, peers and former colleagues tend to be ungenerous. "Call Connie, ask what really interests her," says a fellow network anchor. "You'll get a blank screen." (I did. "I wish I could tell you," she replied. "What is a Connie Chung story? I'm hard...