Word: fashioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Obligingly, Death agrees to take a short break from his grim reapings in order to let Bill wind up his affairs in an orderly fashion. In return, he asks only that his victim teach him something about life. It does not occur to director Martin Brest and the raft of screenwriters employed on this enterprise that this is an illogical request. Who would know more about life than the figure who confronts us in our final moments, when all pride, all pomp, all defenses are stripped away...
Cable Internet service is expanding in a haphazard fashion, and when it will come to your neighborhood is anyone's guess. Meanwhile, demand is building as more Americans get spoiled by fast Web access at work. They would love to have the same thing at home--for online investing, say, or helping the kids find video clips of Martin Luther King Jr. speeches for their homework...
...pushing the research forward in a timely fashion requires the sort of support only the government can provide. "I'm convinced that there will be therapies based on these cells in my lifetime," says Wisconsin's Thomson. "But when that occurs will depend heavily on whether there is public involvement." Given the chances of overturning the funding ban in today's political climate, it is more likely to be later than earlier...
...Beloved, the highly-anticipated adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, slavery is explored in a subtle, almost metaphorical fashion. It is an exercise in psychology, exploring the mind of Morrison's steel-willed protagonist Sethe (Oprah Winfrey), a former slave who now lives as a free woman in Ohio in the 1870s. Beloved is a handsome, classy production that is distinguished in every possible way, but it is also a cold film. The screenplay grapples admirably with Morrison's convoluted narrative but can never get to the heart of it. The saving grace of the movie is the renowned cast...
...Allison B. Runsey '99, the project suited her general interest in fashion and beauty. In found bottles, she collected smells and scents meaningful to her. Runsey, who will produce a photography thesis focused on images from fashion, enjoys the freedom to focus on ideas without the limitations most VES classes impose...