Word: element
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Alar scare, when apple sales plunged and apple growers were devastated, real lives are affected. "The states are reacting to the deep frustration of the food industry," says Steve Kopperud of the American Feed Industry Association. "Farmers and ranchers are not faceless corporations--there is a human element to this...
...offense was fine," Sullivan said. "But there was certainly a missing element, [with Fisher out of the game]. We needed Beam to be 100 percent to win tonight [and did not have that...
...inept (Wallis Warfield Simpson, 1936) to the truly inspired (Martin Luther King Jr., '63). As has happened many times before in this century, science has provided the stage and a worthy player has claimed a starring role. Grove clearly merits notice for his drive, intelligence and that most American element, luck. HARRY PUNCEC Lakewood, Colo...
...classic. It's burlesque." One quickly learns that Seinfeld, like most comedians, can talk about comedy endlessly and with great depth of knowledge of both its history and its craft. He refers almost mystically to "the funny" and cites old masters: "Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the purest element. It can't be improved upon as a substance. It's impervious to style, to time. That's the only significant thing about this show: it's funny...
...very personal. Ultimately, Deconstructing Harry is about a writer whose greatest epiphany comes when he stops denying the close relationship between his life and literature. Allen, who for 30 years has firmly denied any element of autobiography existing in his work, seems to be making some confessional statement with the film. Manifestly autobiographical segments, including an amusing sendup of Mia Farrow's allegations of Allen's misconduct with their child, support this interpretation. But Allen complicates things by introducing drastic contradictory elements--his character's interest in fetishist prostitutes, drug and alcohol addiction, and painfully inarticulate vulgarity seem intended...