Word: fonds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...several interviews that he considered each of his stories, that is, each of his movies, a period of his life. Identifying so completely with his art, he considered any criticism of his work to be unsuitable and immodest, because he felt judged as a person. Essentially, he was not fond of film criticism. But, in doing what a film critic must do, I must say that Fellini films are not for everyone. Fellini's style is highly original and daring, but often bizarre, and he does a masterful job of making his audience uncomfortable, making them participate in the aesthetic...
...other place is visible the fantastic variety of immigrants that now populate the Golden State. Los Angeles alone has more Mexicans than anyplace outside Mexico City, more Koreans than anyplace outside Seoul, more Vietnamese than anyplace outside Ho Chi Minh City, and so on. President Clinton is fond of saying that we must make diversity our friend and not our enemy. California is heeding the call everyday. The success that even the newest immigrants from central America and Southeast Asia are enjoying demonstrates that California is indeed forging a friendship with its remarkable diversity...
Penn and Teller are ultra-show-biz-savvy New York intellectuals whose act is an ironic deconstruction of magic shows in addition to being a very impressive magic show (see box). They first played Vegas a year ago. Penn Jillette's fondness for Vegas, like every hip baby boomer's, is sweet-and-sour, simultaneously bemused and fond. Of a traditional Vegas variety show at Bally's called Jubilee, he rants, "In the first five minutes they destroy temples and sink a giant model of the Titanic -- there are 80 topless dancing women while the Titanic sinks, blast furnaces spewing...
...Cardinal likes to spend 15 minutes each afternoon at the piano. He is particularly fond of Mozart and Beethoven. "Brahms," he says, "is too difficult for me." Other difficulties include modern technology -- computers, stereos, gizmos and cars. He has never earned a driver's license. His talents lie in another realm. He can, say his associates, refine doctrine from a chaos of arguments. Says an aide: "He has the ability to synthesize a lot of collected, sometimes contradictory, information and put it into words that are compelling, straightforward and above all true to what he believes." And what he believes...
...Drive for show; putt for dough" is an expression golfers understand. So should members of Congress, many of whom are fond of playing the game at someone else's expense. However, despite the legislative long balls hit over the past season, Capitol Hill's 535 members were unable to master one essential stroke: reforming the rules for their own behavior. True, both the House and Senate gave the appearance of movement on laws designed to tighten campaign financing and lobbying regulations. But both bodies moved so late and in such contradictory directions that any reconciliation they are able to fashion...