Word: fleshes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...from David Cronenberg’s recent film “A History of Violence”—which similarly explored the toll violence exacts on its practitioners—Spielberg depicts gun violence in all of its goriness: exit wounds, blood splatters, and charred flesh. This verisimilitude, combined with the knowledge that the depicted events are historical, make “Munich” an unsettling film to watch in its bloodier moments. Its battle sequences are expertly realized, but they are not presented for the viewers’ entertainment, as they would be in lesser films...
...whole process hinges on institutional memory and forward thinking. New ideas and fresh perspectives flesh out and dress up the structural skeleton we’ve inherited...
...Phil Gould, who used to inspire his players with war stories or late-night walks in empty stadiums - anything that would get them bursting to play. Coaches forget at their peril that, along with skills, tactics are merely the ribbons and jewelry of football. Toughness and enthusiasm are its flesh and bone...
...you’ve also noticed how difficult it is to distinguish the girl from the guy. So physically erotic, it’s apparently sexless. This type of dancing neither requires lessons nor calls for leaders. It’s equality at its best, free expression in the flesh, rhythmic recognition of our rights. Why then, does bumping and grinding still leave me feeling so wronged?I may be the first to question chauvinism in the classroom and argue for fair treatment in the office, but it seems I’m constantly supporting old-fashioned gender roles...
...religious dialogue “acts like a retardant foam that snuffs out fire.” When he first described this theory, Sennott noted aloud the looks of skepticism on some faces in the audience, which was composed of Harvard affiliates and local residents. Sennott went on to flesh out his claim. “My time in the Middle East tells me they look at things in a vertical way,” he said. Sennott explained that unlike in America, which is divided horizontally among the left and the right, religious Muslims in the Middle East feel...