Word: dime
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However, two months later, they have yet to see a dime...
Times have changed, and comics have changed along with them. In 1961 a copy of The Fantastic Four could be had for a dime; today, the latest issue of FF will run you $2.25. And inflation is only the beginning. The books themselves have evolved both in terms of presentation and content. Also, comic book art has become a thriving job field and an exciting new playground for up-and-coming artists and designers worldwide. Comic book writers are gradually receiving the recognition and legitimacy they deserve as excellent storytellers. The comic book medium has also taken great strides...
...meet at the five-and-dime store where Rose works, and the play begins after she has just invited Cliff up to her apartment. While Cliff thinks her intention is for a little “wham bam thank you ma’am” action, her motive is a little less clear. The play that unfolds is a record of the unusual relationship that forms between these two very lonely people...
...larger problem with Spy Kids, however, has to do with Rodriguez's inherent brand of filmmaking, which proves less suited to the constructs of the family feature. It's hardly a secret that his movies-especially the ones he writes himself-offer all the complexity of a dime-store novel. The fairly primitive characters in Desperado, after all, only really exist inasmuch is necessary to allow Rodriguez to string-together and stage his elaborate action set-pieces. It hardly matters one wink, however, because the whole movie is so intoxicated by its own style that its verve and kinetic energy...
...There's that old sports adage, "Today's hero is tomorrow's goat." Bill Clinton, are you listening? The media and public opinion can turn on a dime - or, in Clinton's case, on Denise Rich's dime. For the longest time, Tom Cruise was the movie star as mensch - soon, he will be seen as a self-absorbed home-wrecker. Tom, the way up and the way down are the same. And when you're falling, it's Mission Impossible to right yourself...