Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...romantic-comedy cliches, botched-crime scenarios and sudden outbursts of violence that come across as neither funny nor appalling, but merely silly and misplaced. In Trainspotting, Hodge demonstrated his mastery of a technique wherein cartoonish, exaggerated characters interact with frighteningly realistic characters to great comedic and dramatic effect. Here, though, all of the characters are cartoons, and with no contrast (and no reason for the audience to care about them), the film becomes reliant solely on Ewan McGregor's big smile as a lure for audience involvement. McGregor is a handsome guy, but no mug could save these flimsy characterizations...
Since Professor Silvera planned to remain at Harvard for the fall term after the eviction was to be in effect, the Silveras violated the rent law, Fujioka contends...
Spokesmen for the mental health division of the University Health Services, when questioned about the effects of the bad weather on students' mental outlook, said that "the weather has no effect on the amount of visits here...
...What's needed here is a blast of brisk, lake-effect air. A trip to Cleveland in late October should do the trick. With the forecast for temperatures in the low thirties, it's perfect weather for a World Series night game...
...last year. By last week rumors were flying through Wall Street that Gates was ready to put his online flagship on the block. A Web journal, TheStreet.com even posted a suggested retail price--$1 billion, about what AOL paid for CompuServe--and quoted an unnamed Microsoft executive to the effect that the sell-off was set to go within six months...