Word: errol
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...When you imagine Crossword Guy," says Jon Stewart, "you imagine he's 13 to 14 inches tall, doesn't care to go more than five minutes without his inhaler - and yet [Shortz is] a giant man. He's the Errol Flynn of crossword puzzling...
After Warioware, we play scenes from the upcoming Legend of Zelda title, Twilight Princess, a moody, dark (by Nintendo's Disneyesque standards) fantasy adventure. Now I'm Errol Flynn, sword fighting with the controller, then aiming a bow and arrow, then using it as a fishing rod, reeling in a stubborn virtual fish. The third game, and probably the most fun, is also the simplest: tennis. The controller becomes a racket, and I'm smacking forehands and stroking backhands. The sensors are fine enough that you can scoop under the ball to lob it, or slice it for spin...
Hoop Dreams. Crumb. Michael Moore's Roger & Me. Errol Morris' The Thin Blue Line. Michael Apted's 7 Up series. These are some of the finest documentary features in recent decades, and they share one distinction: none received an Oscar, or even a nomination, for Best Documentary. An outcry over the exclusion of films like these and charges of cronyism within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' selection committee led to rules changes in 2001. So this year's list will be a lot sharper...
Albright looks and sounds like a latter-day Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve on the verge of uttering her famous line, "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night." Go get 'em, Big Mama! ERROL ALLAN Guntersville, Alabama...
...told me if there is anything ... he could do, to not be afraid to call him." ERROL ROSE, whose 15-year-old son, Christopher, was killed for his iPod, on a phone call of condolence he received from Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs...