Word: effort
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Satire is exceedingly difficult to pull of as a genre of film. Wag the Dog compounds this burden with black comedy. The load eventually proves to be too much for the film to carry, but the film has to be admired for its sheer effort. Everyone gets brutally skewered in this one: politicians, filmmakers, actors, reporters and, of course, the credulous masses...
...film also lacks coherency. It wavers between being blatantly smug and jibing at pop culture, never quite hitting its stride. The ending, unfortunately, is particularly unsatisfying--it sinks to triteness in an effort to find a quick resolution...
...related effort, an AEO sub committee has completed a survey of condom availability on campus and plans to issue recommendations, Frazier says...
...feminist, I can correct your misconceptions here and now: women's liberation is about sharing burdens. We are willing to make an effort and pursue you, but we do not want to replace you as the sole hunters. Yes, Harvard Women are amazing, and watching them at work is impressive. But you men are not incapable; you too can ask one of us to a movie or to coffee. Reciprocity is superior to a one-way system...
Hill, Harvard's floor general and second-leading scorer with 14.1 ppg, must get his teammates better looks on offense while Clemente, Ivy Rookie of the Week for the fifth time this season, will look to improve on his 1-of-6 effort from 3-point range...