Word: elements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trying to get the most bang for their buck, producers toss in every ingredient in they can think of to make the most profit: the biggest, most expensive actors, the most complicated special effects and the most exotic locales. Time and time again, the one element they always gloss over is a credible story. They figure if they truss it up enough, the audience will be fooled by all the razzle dazzle. Most of the time it doesn't work...
...whose Science A-35, "Matter in the Universe" course's enrollment will be limited to 325 students this semester, also notes that the lack of intimacy transforms a lecture into a performance. "When the class is 70-plus, it changes. You don't know anyone. It has a larger element of theater," he says...
...Like Tatar, Hankins spikes his lectures with some gimmicks. "It's not like the History Channel, but I try to illustrate things from slides," Hankins says. While professors like Hankins and Tatar work to add an element of zing to their lectures, they also put in a significant amount of time off-stage to ensure all runs smoothly. Hankins, who reports at least five or six hours go into every hour lecture, says he doesn't want students to be bored, all the while cautioning that his course is not meant to be entertainment. Mendelsohn also undergoes a ritual...
Across the way from the new McIntyre & Moore, Buck-a-Book's bright green sign advertises new books for only a dollar. Down the street, the funky Someday Cafe and the Somerville Theater liven up the nightlife. It seems that McIntyre & Moore is again in its element...
...bother trying to find a look of shock on Birk's face. Through preparation and intense commitment, Matt Birk has taken away the NFL's element of surprise...