Word: donee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strobe-lit quick cuts of gleaming torsos or Melrose Place's campy, heaving melodrama. But when Rick and Lily, the fortyish divorces (O.K., Lily doesn't have hers yet) whose romance fuels the new series Once and Again (ABC, Tuesdays at 10 p.m. E.T.), first make love, it's done like this: long, somber takes. Clumsy false starts. Cuddling. Tears. And talking. Lots of talking...
Creator David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal) is no stranger to provocative, zeitgeisty premises, and in theory this slick private-eye series is a Lewinsky-era doozy: privacy-invading, sexy investigations by sexy investigators using high-tech, extra-constitutional means. But he's done little more with it yet than find excuses to get his babe-licious P.I.s into halter tops and hooker outfits, a setup spiced up with Moonlighting-style banter between Gina Gershon and Paula Marshall. Gershon's sneering, sex-as-a-weapon swagger is an asset, but the product so far is predictable, sometimes amusing eye candy...
...defense, opportunities for disgraceful behavior were limited by circumstances beyond our control. There weren't any shooting wars to slither out of. The term recreational drugs--a term that was invented to make what privileged people do sound less depraved than it would if it were done by poor people--had not been coined. The sort of state lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking. The sort of federal lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking with a fake draft card. Reading about the recent accusations against George W. Bush, I could imagine...
Black and Hispanic leaders acknowledge that the Gates billion is a big step that will address racial inequities in the math and sciences, but they say more has to be done to prepare students before they even apply. Too few minority high-school kids take science prerequisites, such as calculus and trigonometry, that colleges look for in applicants. Stonesifer does not disagree. "This certainly is not going to close the gap and solve all the problems," she admits, "but it will have a direct impact on 20,000 students...
...Look, you can tell I have a passion for this. I'm the Internet guy," he says. "My style's very active. That's because I love it. I'm a strong backup for you." Minutes later he is instructing them to "hire the Navy SEALs to get things done here. That's what it's all about in building your company: the culture. The fit. Karma." They...