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...Gattaca sucks you in visually, drawing attention away from the dramatic flaws. There's a cool, postmodern bleakness to Niccol's vision, and a deftly understated mingling of present-day genetic and computer/technological paranoia, which proves more effective than a flashier sci-fi approach would have been. Niccol also has a way with suspended images, and his most inspired moments, in fact, are purely visual: a pool of blood, spreading from an unseen source, blots the frigidly hygienic, monochromatic polish of Gattaca; a conventionally romantic evening at a piano recital turns suddenly surreal with the appearance of an immaculate...
...could be years before BIRR 4 (or any similar compound with a flashier name) is available at your local pharmacy. The long FDA-approval process has only just begun, and there are a lot of unanswered questions about how the drug would work. For one thing, BIRR 4 has so far proved effective only when it's given at an early stage of infection, yet most people aren't aware that they are coming down with a cold until a few days after they have been exposed. And since colds are relatively minor nuisances from which most patients recover...
While defense and a grinding running game have been Murphy's hallmarks, Saturday's win provided glimpses of a flashier, almost quick-strike offense. Troy Jones's consistent quickness through the gaping holes opened up by the offensive line and the rookie Nwokocha's open-field explosiveness are decidedly new looks for the ground game...
...what he calls his "flash bulb therapy," Maffin does a good imitation of an attention-starved, shock-happy artist slowly coming to terms with the hypocrisy of selling out. But by the play's end, Hart's consistently contrarian Nan Bemiss wins the audience's attention away from the flashier, impetuous artist with her more grown-up version of betrayal...
Unlike many of the flashier aspects of the Contract With America, the Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995 has garnered little attention from the media. Floor-managed by the lightweight Senator Pressler of South Dakota, the Act passed the Senate and the House by wide margins. Given the complexity of the technological issues involved, it is unlikely that the American public will pay much attention to upcoming wrangling between President Clinton and Congressional leaders over the bill's disposition. However, this issue is exceptionally important to the future management of communicative interactions in the American public and private sphere...