Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Promise Keepers, all men, another cult of sorts, came together in stadiums all over the country to make mass statements of contrition for past sins and to beg forgiveness for wife abuse, child abandonment, infidelity and, apparently equal to the rest, insensitivity. In one whopping convention in Washington on Oct. 4, hundreds of thousands of them pledged their devotion to Jesus, family and one another. Their exhibition of mass apology seemed a down-home version of a wider impulse that has affected whole nations of late. France reiterated its apology for its treacherous and murderous treatment of French Jews under...
...string of three straight pay-per-views and an equal number of New England wins began on Nov. 23. On the night of pro wrestling's World War III, the Patriots with-stood an aerial bombardment by Dan Marino and secured a 27-24 victory...
...flourishes. His "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" aria was very beautiful, lilting, and full of little trills and decorations. The tenor part, though too often sadly neglected in the "Christmas section" of Part I, has some of the loveliest music in Messiah, and Bauwens proves himself wholly equal to it. His Part II recitatives, "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" and "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart," separated by the magnificent "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him" chorus, comprise a truly splendid few minutes. In contrast to Bauwens' clear, smooth timbre...
...cartoons (anime) which permeate Japanese popular culture. Decked out in characteristic anime schoolgirl uniforms--white blouses, hot pink neckties, suggestively tiny pleated skirts and hair in brilliant colors found nowhere in nature (Yamakawa's bright-blue bob must be seen to be believed)--the "little maids" combine in equal parts dizzy flirtatiousness, wide-eyed innocence and a hyper-sexualized tendency to vamp. The comedic effect, when contrasted with the stiffly suited business executives of the male chorus, is dazzling, and the introduction of the girls' chorus to the audience--the songs and dance surrounding "Three Little Maids From School...
...films are unfairly ignored by mass audiences, more commercial films are spurned with equal injustice by self-appointed cineastes. If the artificial line drawn between "art" and "commerce" at the movies is erased, and mass audiences can be persuaded toward art films like The Wings of the Dove, then the traffic should rightfully move both ways. The Kendall Square crowd should give a chance to Hollywood's special-effects gizmos, which are more interesting, provocative and even political than film snobs will allow...