Word: finely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This endless night! (Questa notte senza fine!) I am exhausted. I can't bear it. O God in heaven, have mercy on us. Will this weeping never end? What can I do to help her, My darling, my beloved? (Cara mia, cara...
...Lawrence of Arabia), the ethereal biblical illustrations of 19th century French artist Gustave Dore and the paintings of Impressionist Claude Monet, which use contrasting strokes of color to create a sense of light and space. "We want the audience to respond to our film the way we respond to fine art, not to a comic book," says art director Kathy Altieri. None of this comes cheap: the film costs about $65 million if you ask DreamWorks, and almost twice that if you ask the competition...
...decor is equally incoherent. Rusty license plates and an old clock advertising dog food hang alongside the display of Calvin Klein hosiery. Outside the dressing rooms looms a bizarre vintage shoe-shine chair, and in the back of the store, a fine antique wooden armoire is surrounded by pairs and pairs of Doc Martens...
...course, nothing's perfect in this world. Opera's only real flaw is its lack of support for Java applets (although it renders in-line JavaScript just fine.) In reality, this is a small price to pay, since most stand-alone Java applets on the Web today are nothing more than stock or score tickers or flashy design. In addition, many specialized plug-ins are incompatible with the program, although the majors-RealAudio, Quicktime, etc.-work just fine...
...Fine words, but the President had little to offer in the way of action. None of the solutions being proposed in Congress -- raising taxes, raising the retirement age or allowing retirees to gamble a portion of their payroll -- received his stamp of approval. Which means, according to White House correspondent Karen Tumulty, that we won't see a Clinton Social Security plan this year -- if at all. "He may have learned some of the lessons of health care," says Tumulty. "You do things slowly." Hopefully for Clinton, the system will be successfully tweaked by August 19, 2011 -- his 65th birthday...