Word: friendship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tortured, protracted, hyped-up episode of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers." The film has all the profundity and credibility of this celebrated kiddy sci-fi vehicle. We must sit, restlessly, as actors whose most memorable feature is their ridiculously large and white teeth wax sentimental about leaving the bonds of friendship, as they compete for girls, as they experience the trials and tribulations of the rigorous military training, yet learn to laugh it all off and put their arms around each other, in short, as they sicken...
...Certainly Felix's short sojourn on the London streets is well-written and memorable, but it scarcely seems central enough to the book's plot to justify the title. The time Felix spends on the streets between the murder and his subsequent arrest is quite brief, and the one friendship Felix strikes up with a fellow drifter seems gratuitous, as if a mechanism for adding another death to the slowing plot of the mystery...
...necessary to take personality into account at an early stage of foreign policy. We may have to get another nation to like us in order to get them to listen to our ideas. However, we must not mistake this sort of friendship for enduring respect or peace. Real peace requires the careful articulation, understanding, and appreciation of one another's ideas, regardless of personalities...
...addition to the newly-acquired Syrian friendship, Mandela seems bent on solidifying ties to Iran as well. According to The Boston Globe, the value of South African imports from Iran "has almost tripled and that of exports doubled since 1994." Only a week ago, reports the Globe, "Pretoria signed two new agreements on investment and taxation with Tehran's visiting foreign minister." This comes at a time when bi-partisan coalitions in the House and Senate have proposed legislation to impose sanctions on countries continuing to offer the Iranians missiles and missile technology...
...aside, Buttercup writes strikingly original and effective pop tunes. Though at times they seem like a post-pubescent version of Hanson, the maturity of most tunes confounds any attempt to categorize them simply as pop. Surging underneath the glittery surface of these tunes is a seriously reflective look at friendship, regret and love. "I Got Friends" examines the pain associated with losing contact with old friends, but in the end hope for the rejuvenation of those relationships. "Only One" looks at boredom and anxiety associated with the fear of taking risks. Buttercup dig reflectively into their subjects...