Word: despairs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...himself--the coward, the sinner, the betrayer--seem real. The viewer will remember him nonetheless, if only for the violent climax of the first act. To the accompaniment of Gavin Friday's Next, he writhes on stage in an agony of what might be orgasmic ecstasy or wild despair...
...conjectured, had suddenly broken under the pressure of caring for a confused and ailing spouse or parent. "It's shocking and terrible," says University of Chicago geriatrician Dr. Christine Cassel, "but it doesn't surprise me at all. The families of Alzheimer's patients sometimes just give up in despair." Such families have been known to drop their elderly charges off at hospital emergency rooms and then disappear. "It happens here probably once a month," says University of Chicago emergency- room physician Dr. Cai Glushak. "Before you can turn around, the person who registered the patient has gone. They...
...movie sheds all the novel's trappings of despair and failure. Instead, the film concentrates on what inspired the book in the first place--the music...
...Singleton's film rose above the competition by presenting vividly individual characters instead of stereotypes, dialogue that hummed with the rhythms of the way people really talk, a powerful story and the reassuring message that parental love and guidance can still rescue black youths from drugs, gangs and the despair of the inner city. Last month the filmmaker received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director. He is the first African American and the youngest person ever nominated for an Oscar in the directors' category...
...sings a charismatic version of the humorous "I Really Like Him." The Padre (David Wasson) gives a beautiful rendition of "To Each His Dulcinea," expressing unerringly the simplistic ideal of the show: "How lovely life would seem if every man could weave a dream to keep him from despair...