Search Details

Word: forgot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...points with a laser return of service and a dazzling forehand volley. "Well, I was just so mad at myself," she said of the first shot, "I just, wow, hit it." Reminded of the second shot, she said, "Very nice. Very good point. That one also. Yes, yes, yes, forgot that one." Peter Balestieri, the court stenographer employed by the U.S. Tennis Association, says Seles speaks 300 words a minute, while most of the rest of us speak 175. "Thank goodness for the giggle breaks," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONICA SELES: A VERY HAPPY RETURN | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

...opening statement, assistant solicitor Keith Giese said, "For nine days in the fall of 1994, Susan Smith looked this country in the eye and lied." The defense, mounted by David Bruck, wanted the jurors to see Smith as a deeply troubled woman who tried to commit suicide and momentarily forgot about her sons. "Please understand," said co-defense attorney Judy Clarke, "the victims in this case are Michael and Alex Smith. They were beautiful children. They were precious children . [but] this case goes way back, well before the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELEGY FOR LOST BOYS | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

...only thing Schumacher and his scrupulous craftsfolk forgot to give the movie was life -- the energizing spirit of wit and passion that makes scenes work and characters breathe. The script, by Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler and Akiva Goldsman, settles for the stale pose of antiheroic dialogue and TV sitcom irony. Barbara Ling's sumptuous production design is mainly a reminder of better, quirkier films (Blade Runner, The Hudsucker Proxy). The special-effects aces have created a big destruct-o-fest, with explosions all over Gotham, yet the film is pizazz deficient. A series of set pieces with no forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: TROUBLE IN GOTHAM CITY | 6/26/1995 | See Source »

...their budget last month, they brashly proclaimed they would rip out wasteful programs, even whole departments, by the roots. There would be no mere trimming and rearranging as the Democrats had done in the past. But so far, it's not working out that way. The big problem: someone forgot to tell the Republicans who run the House Appropriations Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOUR KNIFE OR MINE? | 6/26/1995 | See Source »

...projects. The first two Batman movies were wonderful exceptions to this rule. Sadly, however, the third one is not. Granted, "Batman Forever" looks fresh, with a new director, new set design and a new actor -- Val Kilmer -- portraying the Caped Crusader. ButTIME critic Richard Corlisssays director Joel Schumacher forgot to give the movie life -- "the energizing spirit of wit and passion that makes scenes work and characters breathe." Despite dueling star turns from villains Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones, "Batman Forever" is little more than a series of set pieces with no forward momentum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOVIES . . . "BATMAN FOREVER" | 6/16/1995 | See Source »

Previous | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | Next