Word: format
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Disney's new animated feature, Treasure Planet, is rated PG not so much to scare away little kids (nothing gamy here) as to alert teenage boys that there's enough gaudy action in the classic cartoon format to keep them happy. This space-traveler version of Treasure Island--replete with flying galleons and intergalactic pirates--splashes lavish special effects on a colorful palette without forfeiting attention to character detail. Example: the movie's protean robot as voiced by Martin Short is the most complex, delirious cartoon sideman since Robin Williams' Genie in Aladdin. Directors Ron Clements and John Musker...
...unnecessarily cumbersome, not to mention more expensive. Tablet PCs are selling for about $2,000, roughly a $400 premium over comparably equipped conventional laptops. For the extra cash, you do get the new Microsoft Journal program, which allows you to write and organize notes in a spiffy "digital-ink" format that replicates real writing. You can change colors, use a highlighter, doodle, even erase a word by scratching it out. Notes can be archived and searched by keyword, although since hit-and-miss handwriting recognition is in play, searching may be less than reliable...
...late, Hinkle says the Brattle has adopted a successful “vertical” series format, with themed days, such as Film Noir Mondays and Recent Rave Wednesdays...
...music is fascinating—strange but beautiful,” explains cast member Abby A. Carlin ’04. And the work as a whole, as Rubins points out, is a unique piece of musical theater, with music interwoven into the text, unlike the more common format of dialogue interrupted by occasional song and dance...
...committee, the men’s committee uses as the main selection criteria an adjusted rating-percentage-index that additionally rewards good wins and penalizes bad losses. Since Harvard had no bad losses and Rhode Island had several, Harvard would have been clearly helped by that format...