Word: drives
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...premise prevents the directors (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez) from playing many attention-grabbing cinematic tricks, so good acting is crucial here. Fortunately, all three principals give rounded, believable performances even while improvising much of the dialogue. Heather (Heather Donahue) plays the director and narrator of the documentary. Her drive keeps the project going, but her badgering of jockish, camera-toting Mike (Michael Williams) and easy-going sound engineer Josh (Joshua Leonard) causes tension. As things go awry, however, the power structure breaks down. Their relationships become more subtle and volatile as their fear wears on them and paranoia grows...
...woke up late and wanted to have a quick surf in Raglan before work--his afternoon shift began in three hours. But he said he might blow off his job if the waves in Manu Bay were massive. To squeeze in surfs, he and his mates would sometimes drive the length of SH23 six times in the same...
...people online are spammed at least once a week. Usually it's easier just to accept it, like bad weather or mosquitoes. But some people have chosen to make fighting spam their crusade, and this week they're launching a campaign against it, both on your hard drive, and in the courts...
...days when there wasn't enough money to do anything. Both sides have a long habit of spending money now that won't arrive until later, and promising that they'll cut something without saying exactly what. The fear is that Congress will get too drunk on prosperity to drive the budget home safely--and that's why conservatives aren't so keen about the party in the first place...
...Islamic fundamentalist militias move to snuff out the largest protest movement seen in Iran since the revolution. Although he risks alienating some of his most committed supporters by backing away from the protesters who carried his portrait through the streets, Khatami knows from experience that conservative crackdowns tend to drive the broader Iranian public toward the reformist agenda. And with parliamentary elections looming next May, a conservative backlash may work in his favor in the long term. Besides, his only alternative may have been political martyrdom...