Word: fide
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...where Mr. and Mrs. CEO fear to tread - namely, the marketplace - have kept the economy?s pulse going since January and will likely have to keep it up for the rest of the year if we?re to avoid paying for the dot-com boom with a bona fide recession...
...Then along came Vichai Jirathitikal's little pink pills. Branded V-1 Immunitor and distributed free of cost?for now, anyway?the new wonder medicine is raising patients' hopes and inspiring reveries of recovery. For one thing, it was invented by a bona fide pharmacist?never mind that his scientific expertise was with prawns and not people. For another, dozens of his patients are eager and willing to vouch for Vichai's miracle...
...players. In high school, when they announced the year-end awards for social life, I rightly took home "Most School Spirit." I had been the basketball fan with the basketball for a hat and the painted face who led the basketball crowd in "the wave." I was a bona fide...
However, this is all of little consequence. Shrek is a bona fide comedy, and the plot seems molded around the jokes, rather than visa-versa. All Myers and company want to do is make the viewer laugh, and no earwax or "ass"-is-a-synonym-for-"donkey" joke falls below their standards. Though not every wisecrack connects, the movie makes a commendable effort in creating an animated movie that is actually funny rather than "adventurous" and "poignant" as most other cartoon features tend to be nowadays...
...action scenes themselves are a rush of pure cinematic adrenaline. The flight of bona fide martial artists such as Jackie Chan or Jet Li to the States has left the local industry in something of a quandary, namely, how to continue creating the unique brand of action found in Chinese films without qualified martial artists? Consequently, Hong Kong producers have been forced to do the once-unthinkable: transform ordinary popstars and actors into action heroes å lá Charlie’s Angels and The Matrix. With a team of professional stunt coordinators and martial arts choreographers lending their...