Word: elements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, not all of us choose to study. Some of us go out to play frisbee or head down to the Grille. But those things are important, too. Everyone has their own trick; the key element is the freedom involved, the security of knowing the hours are available to you if you need them...
MOVIES . . . THE FIFTH ELEMENT: "To say 'The Fifth Element,' even though it is set in 2259, induces a powerful sense of d?j? vu is to say nothing useful about it," says TIME's Richard Schickel. "For it is science fiction in the postmodern -- well, anyway, the post?'Blade Runner' -- mode. Its true subjects are art direction, special effects and the show-off panache with which its director and co-writer, Luc Besson, deploys them." Besson's energy and inventiveness are considerable and, up to a point, quite entertaining. Indeed, one could argue that his work offers a distinct kinetic improvement...
...cuts won't reach as high as the 10 percent being thrown around now, but 20,000 troops could go rather easily." And with troop reductions in recent years far outstripping cuts in infrastructure, he says, "a certain number of base closings are a given." One very expensive element of military planning that Thompson says is a sure bet to survive is the doctrine requiring the armed forces to be ready to fight and win two separate regional wars at once. "It's been somewhat watered down," he said, "but remains something of a sacred...
...each scene. It's overall an efficient and prop-light production. The only distraction was the cigarette smoke that mysteriously floated away from the audience and upwards towards the ceiling behind the lights. Because the lighting is focused only on the platform, the introduction of such a moving element draws the audience's attention away from the interaction between the actors, whatever the element of reality it contributes...
...passing the hours in cramped lecture halls, we are not disembodied entities. While one's character and virtue rest mostly in the mind and the soul, the body itself cannot be disregarded. It demands to be heard. Physical fitness, as Arnold Schwarzenegger loves to point out, is an important element in proper functioning of the mind and the soul...