Word: dooms
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...into some kind of mountain. Every Indy films opens this way, from one monument to another. (As Veronica Geng wrote in a review of the first movie, "Spielberg" is German for "play mountain.") In Raiders the logo became a mountain in South America; in the second film, Temple of Doom, a bas-relief on a Chinese gong; in The Last Crusade a big boulder in Utah. This time, suggesting more modest aspirations, or maybe kiddingly deflecting the audience's gargantuan expectations, it's a weeny prairie dog hill, from which a critter emerges just before being nearly run over...
...what wolves would do, an animated wolf/bear duo of intergalactic adventurers explore a planet inhabited by pouty-mouthed, bikini-clad creaturelings who love a good party. After a night of orgiastic cartoon excess, the plot takes a sharp turn into “Pit and the Pendulum” doom and gloom, as wolf and bear narrowly escape their female captors-turned-ritualistically-sacrificing-robots. Not quite as idiosyncratic as Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo, but bizarre enough, considering that Quincy’s working without Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The cartoon storyline does little to illuminate Les Savy...
...them to read a book,” Haley says. But Kaplan isn’t the first company to use video games for educational purposes. In 1998, Macmillan Digital Publishing released “Math Invaders,” an action game resembling the classic “Doom.” While it was more popular than previous educational video games, its mild success owed largely to the fact that math took a backseat to entertainment. Kaplan has yet to divulge details about their latest product, but if “Math Invaders” is any indication...
...have been, at the end of the day its message was powerful and legitimate. Doctors and chefs, whether or not they’re Harvard Faculty or CIA-trained master chefs, must work together to change the American way of approaching food. Healthy eating doesn’t mean doom and gloom cuisine, just as cooking doesn’t mean rushed nights, splattered shirts, and burnt vegetables. We need to turn cooking and eating back into social events and away from their abstracted, spectator sport status. Maybe canteens in the meat- and potato-addicted states will take a while...
Down 5-4, the Crimson comeback attempt was permanently finished as the Lancers reeled off four straight goals in the last quarter to ice the victory. Poor shooting accuracy and missed opportunities spelled doom for Harvard. The team was only two of eight from its man advantages and despite shooting 20 times at the net the Crimson only had four goals to show...