Word: flocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...curtain is going up for the last time in Dillon Field House. And for this, the last performance, the spotlight returns, the gate receipts increase and critics flock to praise the show they damned for so long...
President Bill Clinton, embattled on so many political fronts these days, made sure to capitalize on the zeal of the Pope's flock and the accompanying media attention. He welcomed the Pontiff at the airport and immediately rated John Paul's initial remarks "a great speech." Never mind that the Pope urged America to stop abortions as he stood alongside the pro-choice President. "All the great causes that are yours today will have meaning only to the extent that you guarantee the right to life and protect the human person," declared John Paul. Following their 45-minute meeting...
...United States hasn't seemed so eager to hold on to him either. It's not surprising. Whatever country prosecutes Rahman faces the wrath of his flock, a scruffy bunch of unemployed illegal aliens and aspiring terrorists...
...there ever a bad child in the world -- a spiteful, stubborn, domineering sapper of his parents' spirit? There is rarely one in a Hollywood movie, especially this summer, with its flock of appealing, natural child actors -- persuasive emblems of wisdom and innocence. They help sell the idea behind these films: that childhood is a state we are supposed to attain, not grow out of. It is the new, regressive Quest theme: adults aspiring to be kids...
...picture fails on a common Hollywood fallacy: that because people lap up celebrity tattle and flock to movie-studio tours, they must be fascinated by the nuts and bolts of filmmaking. Last Action Hero (which is the ultimate studio tour as surely as Jurassic Park is the ultimate theme-park ride) starts out mostly nuts, and winds up mostly bolts. Or, rather, winds down. That's a problem with pastiche: it must be constantly jump-started with ingenuity, and even that ultimately pales. By the end, nothing matters...